murdrum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowing from Medieval Latin murdrum, a Germanic borrowing from Frankish *murþr, *morþr, from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“murder”). More at murder. === Noun === murdrum (uncountable) (UK, historical) A secret killing, distinguished from simple homicide in that the victim and the killer are unknown. (UK, historical) A fine imposed by the Crown on a manor or district in which such a secret killing had been committed. == Latin == === Alternative forms === mordrum, morth, multrum, murtrum === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *murþr, *morþr, from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“murder”). === Noun === murdrum n (genitive murdrī); second declension (Medieval Latin) murder Synonyms: nex, homicīdium, murdificātiō, occīsiō, excidium, iugulum a fine paid as punishment for murder ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== murdrārius murdrō ==== Descendants ==== Old French: murtre Middle French: meurtre French: meurtre === References === "murdrum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)