For-ligenes

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-ligenes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -lignes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; Related words: for-legenes. for-ligenes

Definitions

1 for-ligenes

f. Fornication, adultery; fornĭcātio :-- Ne wæs acenned of unrihthǽmede ne þurh dyrne forligenysse non de adultĕrio vel fornĭcātiōne nātus fuĕrat, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 21. Ymb hiora hetelícan forlignessa ic hit eall forlǽte I pass over all about their hateful adulteries, Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 38.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛚᛁᚷᛖᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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