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lísing

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
lísing, es; m.
A freedman
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  • Lísingas and þeówe,

    • Chart. Th. 592, 1.
  • Búton ðam ceorle ðe on gafollande sit, and heora [the Danes] liésingum [lýsingum]; ða syndan efendýre, ǽgðer tó cc. sciłł.,

    • L. A. G. 2
    • ;
    • Th. i. 154, 3.
Etymology
[
Icel. leysingi, leysingr a freedman.
]
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  • lísing, n.