Leás-ness

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - leás-ness

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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leás-ness
f. Levity, fickleness; falseness, lying :-- Þurh leásnesse per mendacium, Confess. Peccat. Ðæt ic swá wǽre álýsed fram ðære scylde ðære swýðe ídlan leásnesse ut sic absolvar reatu supervacuæ levitatis, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 30. leas-ness
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