Feorh-lege

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

feorh-lege

Substitute: feorh-lege, es; m. Life-laying [cf. lecgan; II. to slay], death:--Hú wolde þæt geweorðan þæt on þone hálgan handa sendan tó feorhlege fæderas ússe how should that come to pass that our fathers should lay hands on the holy one to the end that they might slay him, El. 458. Ic þanc wuldurcyninge secge þæs þe ic móste mínum leódum ǽr swyltdæge swylc gestrýnan. Nú ic on máðma hord mínnebebohte fróde feorhlege I to the king of glory give thanks that I might for my people ere the day of death so much gain. Now a hoard of treasures have I prudently got as the price of my death, B. 2800. [Cf. Icel. fjör-lag death (poet.).] feorh-lege