aberemurder

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English

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Etymology

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From Old English ǣbǣre morþ, from ǣbēr (open, blatant) + morþ (murder). The second element was assimilated to English murder.

Noun

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aberemurder

  1. (historical) premeditated murder
    • [1689, Nathaniel Bacon, An historical and political discourse of the laws & government of England, page 62:
      Yet they had degrees of blood-shed, and made a difference in the punishment; for some sprung from sudden passion, but other was forethought and purposed; which last they called Abere Murther, or Murther by foreplot or treachery []]