Leásung
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - leásung
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- leásung
- Add: I. lying; a lie :-- Þý lǽs on mé mæge ídel spellung oþþe scondlic leásung beón gestǽled ne aut fabulae aut turpi mendacio dignus efficiar, Nar. 2, 21. Hí tieligeað ðæt hié ne sculen leásunga secgan (falsa dicere), Past. 237, 8. II. vain or foolish speech :-- Leásung famfaluca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 75. III. deceitful action :-- Gereónung, leásung factio, mendacium, An. Ox. 2243. Þá gereónedan leásunga concinnatas factiones, i. falsitates, 2803. IV. light (immoral) action. Cf. leás ; II. I d :-- Hé wæs swíðe wrǽne man and ábysgod in manigum leásingum vir valde lubricus et cunctis levitatibus occupatus, Gr. D. 341, 21.