FALS
- noun [ neuter ]
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Bútan ǽlcon false
without any fraud,
- L. Eth. vi. 32 ;
- Th. i. 322, 29: L. C. S. 8 ;
- Th. i. 380, 16.
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Se ðe ofer ðis fals wyrce, þolige ðæra handa ðe he ðæt fals mid worhte
he who after this shall make a counterfeit [coin], let him forfeit the hands with which he made the counterfeit,
- L. C. S. 8 ;
- Th. i. 380, 16, 17, 20, 22.
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Hwí tíhþ úre hláford us swá micles falses
why doth our lord accuse us of so great a fraud?
- Gen. 44, 7.
Bosworth, Joseph. “FALS.” 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/10092.
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