Mann-slege

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mann-slege

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 mann-slege

es; m. Man-slaying, homicide :-- Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes and hé weorðe ðǽr ofslegen, ne síe hé (the slayer) ná mansleges scyldig. Gif hé æfter sunnan upgonge ðis déþ, hé biþ mansleges scyldig, and hé ðonne self swelte, L. Alf. 25; Th. i. 50, 18-21: Blickl. Homl. 189, 34. Be manslege. Gif Ænglisc man Deniscne ofsleá gylde hine mid xxx pundum, oððon mon ðone handdǽdan ágyfe, L. Eth. i. 5; Th. i. 286, 20. mann-slege

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᚾᚾ-ᛋᛚᛖᚷᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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