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un-besacen

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un-besacen, adj.
of persons, unmolested by litigation
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  • Ðǽr se bónda sæt uncwyd and unbecrafod, sitte ðæt wíf and ða cild on ðam ylcan unbesacen,

    • L. C. S. 73
      • ;
    • Th. i. 414 23.
of things, not made the subject of litigation, uncontested
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  • Ðæt ðæt land swá unbesæccen gange intó ðære cyrican swá hit ðá on dæg wes ðá hit man him tó læt

    that the land pass into the possession of the church as uncontested as it was on the day when it was let to him,

    • Chart. Th. 159, 24.

  • Ðá sealde hé Æþelrige unbesacen land on hand, ðæt hé þanonforð syþþan ðǽron ne sprǽce

    he gave the land up to Æþelrige uncontested, so that thenceforth he would not lay claim to it,

    • 289, 31.

  • Hió ðæt land hæbben unbesacen wið ǽlce hand ( not liable to suits from any side ) ða hwíle ðe hió lifgean, and gif Ælfw leng sió, ðonne sý hit hyre unbesacen,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 150, 22-25: L. C. S. 80
      • ;
    • Th. i. 420, 21.

  • Hé him gedó ðone ceáp unbesacene

    let him make the chattel secure from being the subject of litigation,

    • L. In. 53
      • ;
    • Th. i. 136, 7 note.
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v. un-forboden.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-besacen.” 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/32656.

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