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for-liger

  • noun [ neuter ]
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for-liger, -ligr, es; pl. nom. acc. -ligeru, -ligru, -ligra; n.
Fornication, adultery; fornĭcātio, adultĕrium
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  • For forligere

    ob fornĭcātiōnem,

    • Mt. Bos. 19, 9: Jn. Bos. 8, 41: Homl. Th. ii. 322, 28: L. Edm. S. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 246, 5.

  • Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger

    the second chief sin is called fornication,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 220, 3.

  • Innan of manna heortan cumaþ forligeru

    ab intus de corde hŏmĭnum procēdunt forĭcātiōnes,

    • Mk. Bos. 7, 21.

  • Forligru

    fornĭcātiōnes,

    • Mt. Bos. 15, 19.

  • Ǽnig cristen mann ne ǽnige forligru ne begange

    let not any Christian man commit fornication,

    • L. C. E. 7
      • ;
    • Th. i. 364, 24.

  • Ascúnige man swíðe fúle forligra

    let a man earnestly shun foul fornications,

    • L. Eth. vi. 28
      • ;
    • Th. i. 322, 15.
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v.  for-legere for-ligr for-lír for-legor.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-liger.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11587.

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