For-liger

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-liger

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -ligr, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 for-liger

pl. nom. acc. -ligeru, -ligru, -ligra; n. Fornication, adultery; fornĭcātio, adultĕrium :-- For forligere ob fornĭcātiōnem, Mt. Bos. 19, 9: Jn. Bos. 8, 41: Homl. Th. ii. 322, 28: L. Edm. S. 4; Th. i. 246, 5. Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger the second chief sin is called fornication, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 3. Innan of manna heortan cumaþ forligeru ab intus de corde hŏmĭnum procēdunt forĭcātiōnes, Mk. Bos. 7, 21. Forligru fornĭcātiōnes, Mt. Bos. 15, 19. Ǽnig cristen mann ne ǽnige forligru ne begange let not any Christian man commit fornication, L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 24. Ascúnige man swíðe fúle forligra let a man earnestly shun foul fornications, L. Eth. vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 15. for-liger

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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