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for-gǽgednys

  • noun [ feminine ]
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for-gǽgednys, -nyss, e; f.
A transgression, prevarication, stubbornness; transgressio, prævārĭcātio, perversĭtas
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  • Hí wǽron deádlíce for dære forgǽgednysse

    they became mortal through the transgression,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 20, 29.
  • Cain wiste his fæder forgǽgednysse

    Cain knew his father's transgression,

    • 20, 40.
  • Þurh Adames forgǽgednysse

    through Adam's transgression,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 268, 31.
  • We sceolon úre forgǽgednysse geandettan

    we ought to confess our transgressions,

    • ii. 98, 25.
  • Ðæt gé ne beón scildige scamlícre forgǽgednysse

    ne sitis prævarĭcātiōnis rei,

    • Jos. 6, 18.
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  • for-gǽgednys, n.