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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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†BAHR-RECHT, n. Obs. (See quot.)Sh. 1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shet. Islands 575:
She was convicted . . . by the well-known test of the bahr-recht or law of the bier: for being commanded . . . to lay hands on two of the dead bodies that were found, one of them bled at the craig-bane, and another in the head and fingers.