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heáfod-leahter

  • noun [ masculine ]
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heáfod-leahter, es; m.
A capital offence, mortal sin
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  • Ǽlc ðara manna ðe mid heáfodleahtre besmiten biþ

    unusquisque eorum hominum, qui capitalibus criminibus polluti sunt,

      L. M. I. P. 1; Th. ii. 266, 3.
  • Se ðe ða heáfodleahtras wyrcþ and on ðám geendaþ hé mót forbyrnan on ðam écum fýre

    he who commits the deadly sins and dies in them shall burn in the everlasting fire,

      Homl. Th. ii. 590, 17.
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  • heáfod-leahter, n.