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Old English Dictionary Entry

Syn-leás

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1 syn-leás

adj. Sinless, without sin:--Hwylc eówer sí synleás (sine peccato), Jn. Skt. 8, 7. Crist þrowade for ús synleás, Wulfst. 121, 14: 151, 5. Ne biþ nǽfre nán man leahterleás ne synleás ealra þinga, 233, 24. Biþ oft synleás yfel geðoht ðǽm gódum plerumque boni innoxie tentantur ad culpam, Past. 54; Swt. 423, 3. Úre Drihten gescóp Adam háligne and clǽnne and synleásne, Wulfst. 153, 13. [O. Sax. sundi-lós.] syn-leas
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚣᚾ-ᛚᛖᚪᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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