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carcannus

carcannus, ~a, ~eus [cf. OF charchan; cf. Ar. khalkhal] , iron collar. si quis ‥ ad tantum laborem venerit ut plegium non habeat, ‥ ponatur in ~o et ibi sustineat [gebuge he hengenne and ðær gebide] usque [donec] ad Dei judicium eat (Quad.) GAS 339; collum ejus ~us ferreus immensi ponderis ‥ circumduxerat R. Cold. Cuthb. 20; 1245 in iiij paribus anelorum et boiarum cum duabus carcanis ferreis Pipe Chesh 78; 1254 posuit eum in cippo ‥ et apposuit collo quoddam carcaneum ferreum artum et spissum IMisc 9/40; ponendo circa collum ejus j carcaneum ferri State Tri. Ed. I 51.

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