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Un-lagu

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1 un-lagu

f. I. violation of law, illegality, injustice :-- Mid unlage contra justitiam, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. inec impune feram quod aliquis ei injuriam inferat aut molestiam, 296, 27: vi. 187, 22. Se ðe unlage rǽre oþþe undóm gedéme, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 9: Chr. 1052; Erl. 186, 2. Ðæt man rihte lage up árǽre and ǽlce unlage áfylle, L. Eth. unlawfully (cf. Icel. at úlögum in a lawless manner), L. C. S. 61; Th. i. 408, 18. Swicollíce dǽda and láðlíce unlaga áscunige man, ðæt is, false gewihta ... and leáse gewitnessa, L. Eth. II. a bad law :-- Man beháteþ, ðonne man fulluhtes gyrneþ, ðæt. man aa wile deófol áscunian, and his unlára forbúgan and ealle his unlaga áweorpan, Wulfst. 144, 10. Cradolcild wǽron geþeówode þurh wælhreówe unlaga for lytelre þýfðe, 158, 14. [Icel. ú-lög; pl. lawlessness, injustice.] un-lagu
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ᚢᚾ-ᛚᚪᚷᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic
L.
Latin

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C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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