English Explanatory Dictionary

alfet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cauldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm, used as a form of trial in Medieval England.

Word forms

alfet alfets

Etymology

From Medieval Latin alfetum, from Old English alfæt (“fire-vat”), from āl (“fire”) + fæt (“vat”).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on A Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary