Wordie: Murdrum: Comments

Comment by qroqqa, 3 months ago

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:45:22 +0000

This of course is just the Latinization of 'murder', and was used in the Middle Ages specifically for the fine incurred by a community where a murder had taken place: the word 'murder' meant a homicide by an unknown perpetrator. As the guilty individual was unknown, their manor or hundred must bear the penalty.

Comment by bilby, 6 months ago

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:05:18 +0000

If only Kubrick had known this word.

Comment by oroboros, 6 months ago

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:58:05 +0000

The killing of a human being in a secret manner.