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for-leógan

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to accuse falsely, bear false witness against:
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  • Ic nelle secgan unsoð on me sylfe, ꝥ ic wið þé ne syngie, gif ic mé sylfe forleóge,

    • Hml. S. 12, 196
    • .
  • Se cniht hine sylfne forleáh,

    • 208
    • .
  • Ðá sǽdon þá hýrédmen ꝥ hit sóð wǽre, and ealle mid áðe Eugenian forlugan,

    • 2, 222
    • .
  • Hí fundon leáse gewitan þe forlugon Naboð

    (cf. viri diabolici dixerunt contra eum testimonium,

    • 1, Kings 21, 13
    • .),
    • 18, 196
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Dele: 'To lie greatly,' and add:
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v. for-logen.
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