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Definition of Daysmen
1. daysman [n] - See also: daysman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daysmen
Literary usage of Daysmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evolution of Law: Select Readings on the Origin and Development of Legal by Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"Then Flosi said, " Now will I name my daysmen:1 First, I name Hall, my father-in-law;
... Now he bade Njal to name his daysmen ..."
2. A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Philip Schaff, Henry Wace (1898)
"... are daysmen between two, 271 ; are cleansing souls, 281 ; are greater than
John Baptist, 282 ; their deterioration, Prophets and just men put to death, ..."
3. The Story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga by George Webbe Dasent (1900)
"I know what Snorri wishes," said Gudmund the powerful, " he wants that all we
daysmen should give such a sum as our bounty will bestow, and then many will ..."
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