Hlāford-swīcung

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hlāford-swīcung

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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hlāford-swīcung
f. Treachery to a lord :-- Ūs mon þanne nēnigre dēda grimlīcor ne mengaþ, þanne þæs saternesdeges weorces . . . būton manslihte and ciricbryca and hlāfordswīcunga, Wlfst. 225, 28. Uton forlǣtan . . . hlāfordswīcunga, Verc. Först. 167. hlaford-swicung
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