Leger-teám

Old English Dictionary Entry

Leger-teám

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

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

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛖᚷᛖᚱ-ᛏᛖᚪᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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