Word of the Week
hand-griþ
Noun (n., cl. 1)
Att. sp.: handgrið
8 occ. (in legal texts)
protection, security; only in phrase (Cristenes) cyninges handgriþ ‘protection granted by a (Christian) king's authority / power’ (cf. the phrase cyninges handsealde griþ s.v. handseald and hand noun sense III.1.d.i)
LawEGu 1: & þæt is þonon ærest, þæt hig gecwædon, þæt cyricgrið binnan wagum & cyninges handgrið stande efne unwemme (B handgrið; cf. Quadr.: ut ecclesie pax inter parietes suos et regis handgrið).
LawVIAtr 14: & sy ælc cyricgrið binnan wagum & cyninges handgrið efenunwemme.
LawICn 2.2: þonne is swiðe rihtlic, þæt Godes ciricgrið binnon wagum & cristenes ciningces handgrið stande æfre unwemme (A handgrið; cf. Quadr.: ut ęcclesię pax intra parietes suos et pax Christiani regis, quam manu sua dederit, semper inuiolata [inconuulsa] permaneat).
LawGrið 2: ðonne is rihtlic, þæt Godes cyricgrið binnan wagum & cristenes cyninges handgrið stande efenunwemme.
WPol 2.1.1 205: and riht is, þæt ælc cyrice sy on Godes griðe and on ealles cristenes folces, and þæt cyricgrið stande æghwær binnan wagum and gehalgodes cynincges handgrið efenunwemme (X 205, D1 2 handgrið; WPol 2.1.2 100 handgrið).
HomU 40 9: and þæt Godes circan beon beteran mæðe and munde wyrðe, þonne hig ær þysan wæron: þæt is, þæt cyricgrið binnan wagum and gehalgodes cyninges handgrið stande efenunwemme (HomU 41 30 handgrið in similar formulation).
See also: hand noun, griþ
OED2
handgrith.
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