infangeneþeof
Old English
Etymology
By surface analysis, in- + fangen + þēof
Noun
infangenþēof f
- the right to judge one's own thief when taken within the jurisdiction, and the privilege consequent upon that jurisdiction
Descendants
- English: infangthief
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “infangeneþeóf”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.