Lyge-word

Old English Dictionary Entry

Lyge-word

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 lyge-word

n. A lying word, lie, falsehood :-- Lygeword spǽcon locuti sunt falsa, Ps. Th. 57, 3: Cd. 210; Th. 261, 3; Dan. 720. Ne wéne ǽnig ðæt is lygewordum leóþ somnige, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 28; Ph. 547. [Icel. lygi-orð.] lyge-word

Runic Inscription

ᛚᚣᚷᛖ-ᚹᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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