Heáfod-leahter

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - heáfod-leahter

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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heáfod-leahter
m. A capital offence, mortal sin :-- Ǽlc ðara manna ðe mid heáfodleahtre besmiten biþ unusquisque eorum hominum, qui capitalibus criminibus polluti sunt, L. M. I. P. 1; Th. ii. 266, 3. Se ðe ða heáfodleahtras wyrcþ and on ðám geendaþ hé mót forbyrnan on ðam écum fýre he who commits the deadly sins and dies in them shall burn in the everlasting fire, Homl. Th. ii. 590, 17. heafod-leahter
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