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lawleyrwite, a fine levied for fornication or adultery, normally paid by women:
(
s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300
)
des aventures d'escuage, de talliages, des heyrs, de letherwite
HENLEY2 432.c37
(
1321-22
)
les leyrwitz ne soient mie demaundez ne levez fors qe la ou la feme est defamee […] qe les leyrwitz
ne soient mie levees, mes en cas ou les femmes ne se poent aquiter
Rot Parl1 i 387
leyrwit (s.xiiiex)