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What word was used with the meaning of "suicide" pre-1650s?
Online Etymology Dictionary puts the origin as such:
"deliberate killing of oneself," 1650s, from Modern Latin suicidium
Wiktiobary here puts:
Suicide, 1651, New Latin coinage (probably ...
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What did they call illegitimate children in Old English days?
I know that the word bastard in this sense appeard only in 13th century. So what was the normal term before that?
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