Mann-silen

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - mann-silen

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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mann-silen
f. The wrongful selling of men into slavery :-- Þurh mannsylena, Wulfst. 164, 1. Mansilena, 130, 1. Leódhatan ðe þurh mansylene bariaþ ðás þeóde, 310, 5. Cf. earme men wǽron út of ðisan earde gesealde swýðe unforworhte fremdum tó gewealde, 158, 13. And see L. Eth.

Related words: 2; Th. i. 304, 14. mann-silen

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