Hǽmed-þing

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hǽmed-þing

Add; (1) with no sense of criminality :-- Þes bisceop sǽde . . . ꝥ hé nǽfre on his lífe ne cóme neáh wífe þurh hǽmedþing, ac heóld his clǽnnysse, Hml. S. 3, 204. Mycel wundor hit wæs þæt þæt mǽden gebær cild þe nǽfre náhte þurh hǽmedþing weres gemánan, Wlfst. 15, 16. Mæssepreóstas witan þæt hig nágon mid rihte þurh hǽmedþing wífes gemánan, 269, 21 : Ll. Th. i. 306, 18. (2) of criminal intercourse :-- Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge (fornicationis causa) on hire hrægl . . . gafó, Ll. Th. i. 72, 8. Gif hwylc geong man hǽmedþing gewyrce búan rihtum gesinscipe sijnvenis guis absque legitimo conjngio fornicatus fuerit, ii. 164, 23. Be hǽmedþiugam. Gif mon hǽme (fornicetur), i. 68, 8. hæmed-þing