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FALS

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
FALS, es ; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§64;
A FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit; falsum
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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.
  • 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.
  • Hwí tíhþ úre hláford us swá micles falses

    why doth our lord accuse us of so great a fraud?

    • Gen. 44,
    • 7.
Etymology
[
Orm. falls:
O. Frs. falsk, falsch:
Ger. falsch, m. n:
M. H. Ger. valsch, m:
Icel. fals, n:
Lat. falsum, n
.]
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  • FALS, n.