p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen [licgan to lie] To lie in a forbidden manner, fornicate, commit fornication; fornĭcāri, adultĕrāre :-- Ðá forlǽg heó hý sóna then she soon committed fornication, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 6: 4, 4; Bos. 80, 21. Ðæt nán wíf heó ne forlicge that no woman commit fornication, L. C. S. 54; Th. i. 406, 4, 7: 51; Th. i. 404, 22: L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 5: 4; Th. i. 168, 19: L. N. P. L. 63; Th. ii. 300, 20. Gif beweddodu fǽmne hie forlicgge if a betrothed woman commit fornication, L. Alf. pol. 18; Th. i. 73, 11. Sceolan þeófas and forlegene lífes ne wenan thieves and fornicators shall not hope for life, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 21; Cri. 1611: L. Alf. pol. 10; Th. i. 68, 8. Forligende fornĭcans, Obs. Lun. § 4; Lchdm. iii. 186, 2. for-licgan