wolvesheved (1292)

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wolvesheved (1292)

[gdw]

  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  wolveseved  DMF: TLF: OED:  wolf's head n.  MED:  wolfes-hed n.  DMLBS:
wolveseved  
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

interj.

1 law 'wolf's head', exclamation in Anglo-Saxon law to indicate an outlaw (who should be hunted down like a wolf)
( 1292 )  mys en exigende en conté e pus crie 'wolveseved!', e ceo est utlagerie  20-21 Ed I 237
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) E point ne vient, qe des adunc le tiegne l'em pur lou e est criable 'wolvesheved', pur ceo qe lou est beste haie de tote gent; e des adunc list a chescun del occire al foer de lou  124
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