1 FALS
n. A FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit; falsum :-- Bútan ǽlcon false without any fraud, L. Eth. vi. 32; Th. i. 322, 29: L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 16. Se ðe ofer ðis fals wyrce, þolige ðæra handa ðe he ðæt fals mid worhte he who after this shall make a counterfeit [coin], let him forfeit the hands with which he made the counterfeit, L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 16, 17, 20, 22. Hwí tíhþ úre hláford us swá micles falses why doth our lord accuse us of so great a fraud? Gen. 44, 7. [Orm. falls: O. Frs. falsk, falsch: Ger. falsch, m. n: M. H. Ger. valsch, m: Icel. fals, n: Lat. falsum, n.] fals