Folc-leásung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Folc-leásung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 folc-leásung

f. Folk-leasing, public lying, slander; publĭcum mendäcium, călumnia :-- Be folcleásunge gewyrhtum. Gif mon folcleásunge gewyrce, mid nánum leóhtran þinge gebéte ðonne him mon aceorfe ða tungan of of those committing slander. If a man commit slander, let him make amends with no lighter thing than that his tongue be cut out, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 80, 19-82, 1. folc-leasung

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᛚᚳ-ᛚᛖᚪᛋᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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