feaxfang

Old English

Etymology

From feax (“hair”) +‎ fōn (“to seize”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfæ͜ɑksˌfɑnɡ/, [ˈfæ͜ɑksˌfɑŋɡ]

Noun

feaxfang m

  1. the crime of seizing someone by the hair
    • Laws of King Æthelberht
      Ġif feaxfang ġeweorþ, L sċeatta tō bōte.
      If hair-seizing should occur, the recompense shall be fifty sceattas.

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