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for-licgan

  • verb [ strong ]
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for-licgan, -licggan, -ligan; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen [licgan to lie]
To lie in a forbidden manner, fornicate, commit fornication; fornĭcāri, adultĕrāre
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  • Ðá forlǽg heó hý sóna

    then she soon committed fornication,

    • Ors. 3, 6
    • ;
    • Bos. 58, 6: 4, 4
    • ;
    • Bos. 80, 21.
  • Ðæt nán wíf heó ne forlicge

    that no woman commit fornication,

    • L. C. S. 54
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    • Th. i. 406, 4, 7: 51
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    • Th. i. 404, 22: L. E. G. 3
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    • Th. i. 168, 5: 4
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    • Th. i. 168, 19: L. N. P. L. 63
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    • Th. ii. 300, 20.
  • Gif beweddodu fǽmne hie forlicgge

    if a betrothed woman commit fornication,

    • L. Alf. pol. 18
    • ;
    • Th. i. 73, 11.
  • Sceolan þeófas and forlegene lífes ne wénan

    thieves and fornicators shall not hope for life,

    • Exon. 31 b
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    • Th. 98, 21
    • ;
    • Cri. 1611: L. Alf. pol. 10
    • ;
    • Th. i. 68, 8.
  • Forligende

    fornĭcans,

    • Obs. Lun. § 4
    • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 186, 2.
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  • for-licgan, v.