djw commented on the word leyrwite
There is an article about this word in JSTOR. Has to do with a fee paid for women fornicating in medieval times. Here's the source: Judith M. Bennett
WRITING FORNICATION:
MEDIEVAL LEYRWITE AND ITS HISTORIANS
Transactions of the RHS 13 (2003), pp. 131-62
September 30, 2009
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djw commented on the word leyrwite
There is an article about this word in JSTOR. Has to do with a fee paid for women fornicating in medieval times. Here's the source: Judith M. Bennett
WRITING FORNICATION:
MEDIEVAL LEYRWITE AND ITS HISTORIANS
Transactions of the RHS 13 (2003), pp. 131-62
September 30, 2009