For-leógan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-leógan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 for-leógan

p. -leág, pl. -lugon; pp. -logen [leógan to lie] To lie greatly, belie; valde mentīri, ementīri :-- Hí mid leásum gewitum forleógan woldon they would lie with false witnesses, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 16. Leáse gewitan hine forlugon false witnesses belied him, Homl. Th. i. 44, 28. Mænige synd forsworene and swýðe forlogene permulti sunt perjūri et mendāces, Lupi Serm. 1, 12; Hick. Thes. ii. 102, 41. for-leogan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛚᛖᚩᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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