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mann-silen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mann-silen, e; f.
The wrongful selling of men into slavery
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  • 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. v. 2
    • ;
    • Th. i. 304, 14.
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  • mann-silen, n.