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for-legniss

  • noun [ feminine ]
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for-legniss, e; f.
A harlot
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  • Forlegnisse

    meretrices,

    • Mt. R. 21, 31
    • .
  • Forlægenisse,

    • 32.
  • Eówer nebb sint suá scamleás suá ðára wífa forelegnissa

    frons mulieris meretricis facta est tibi,

    • Past. 207, 9
    • .
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  • for-legniss, n.