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un-lagu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
un-lagu, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§588;
violation of law, illegality, injustice
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  • Mid unlage

    contra justitiam,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 198, 15: 224, 11.
  • Ðeáh ðe Harold ðæt land mid unlage út nam,

    • 274, 29.
  • Ic nelle geðafian ðat man hym ǽnige unlage beóde

    nec impune feram quod aliquis ei injuriam inferat aut molestiam,

    • 296, 27: vi. 187, 22.
  • Se ðe unlage rǽre oþþe undóm gedéme,

    • L. C. S. 15
    • ;
    • Th. i. 384, 9: Chr. 1052
    • ;
    • Erl. 186, 2.
  • Ðæt man rihte lage up árǽre and ǽlce unlage áfylle,

    • L. Eth. v. 1
    • ;
    • Th. i. 304, 11.
  • Fela unrihta and yfelra unlaga árysan,

    • Chr. 975
    • ;
    • Erl. 127, 30.
  • Æt unlagum

    unlawfully (cf. Icel. at úlögum in a lawless manner ),

    • L. C. S. 61
    • ;
    • Th. i. 408, 18.
  • Swicollíce dǽda and láðlíce unlaga áscunige man, ðæt is, false gewihta ... and leáse gewitnessa,

    • L. Eth. v. 24
    • ;
    • Th. i. 310, 12: vi. 28
    • ;
    • Th. i. 322, 13.
  • Ðæt man rihte laga up árǽre, and ǽghwylce unlaga georne áfylle,

    • vi. 8
    • ;
    • Th. i. 316, 26: L. C. S. 1
    • ;
    • Th. i. 376, 8: 11
    • ;
    • Th. i. 382, 7: Wulfst. 156, 13.
  • Hé ne róhte ná hú manige unlaga hí dydon,

    • Chr. 1086
    • ;
    • Erl. 220, 13.
a bad law
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  • Man beháteþ, ðonne man fulluhtes gyrneþ, ðæt. man aa wile deófol áscunian, and his unlára forbúgan and ealle his unlaga áweorpan,

    • Wulfst. 144, 10.
  • Cradolcild wǽron geþeówode þurh wælhreówe unlaga for lytelre þýfðe,

    • 158, 14.
Etymology
[
Icel. ú-lög; pl. lawlessness, injustice.
]
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  • un-lagu, n.