Mann-slege
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - mann-slege
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- mann-slege
- es; m. Man-slaying, homicide :-- Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes and hé weorðe ðǽr ofslegen, ne síe hé (the slayer) ná mansleges scyldig. Gif hé æfter sunnan upgonge ðis déþ, hé biþ mansleges scyldig, and hé ðonne self swelte, L. Alf. 25; Th. i. 50, 18-21: Blickl. Homl. 189, 34. Be manslege. Gif Ænglisc man Deniscne ofsleá gylde hine mid xxx pundum, oððon mon ðone handdǽdan ágyfe, L. Eth. i. 5; Th. i. 286, 20. mann-slege