manslayer

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Far, far more so than the manslayer had of old in his.

From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

The temporary restrictions laid on a manslayer were probably dictated by a fear of his victim's ghost.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

No manslayer then the wide world o’er When Mine and Thine are known no more.

From Poems By the Way by Morris, William

In this case a special hut was not built for the manslayer, and he was allowed to pass the nights in the temple of the war god.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

Then said Amis: “Never shall it be that my fellow be a manslayer for the healing of me.”

From Old French Romances by Morris, William