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Old English Dictionary Entry

Leger-teám

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1 leger-teám

m. Matrimony, sexual intercourse [lawful or unlawful] :-- Matheus him sægde ðæt hé wǽre swá synnig wið God gif hé ða gehálgodan fǽmnan tó legerteáme onfénge swá se þeów wǽre se ðe fénge on kyninges quéne tó unryhtum hǽmde Matthew said to him, that he would be as guilty against God, if he received the consecrated virgin as his wife, as the slave would be who took a king's queen to commit adultery with her, Shrn. 132, 4. Legerteám flagitium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 34. leger-team
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛖᚷᛖᚱ-ᛏᛖᚪᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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