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for-ligenes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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for-ligenes, -lignes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.
Fornication, adultery; fornĭcātio
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  • Ne wæs acenned of unrihthǽmede ne þurh dyrne forligenysse

    non de adultĕrio vel fornĭcātiōne nātus fuĕrat,

    • Bd. 1, 27
    • ;
    • S. 495, 21.
  • Ymb hiora hetelícan forlignessa ic hit eall forlǽte

    I pass over all about their hateful adulteries,

    • Ors. 1, 8
    • ;
    • Bos. 31, 38.
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v. for-legenes.
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v.  -ligenness for-ligr for-legenes.
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