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for-licgan

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intrans.
To lie in an improper manner or place.
to lie unnoticed, to be neglected
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  • Þý lǽs seó mynugung forlǽge,

    • Ll. Th. i. 234, 29
      • .
of illicit intercourse,
to commit fornication with (wiþ or mid)
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  • Forligeð

    meretricabitur,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 66
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  • Gif gehádod man forlicge,

    • Ll. Th. i. 168, 5
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  • Gif hwá wið nunnan forlicge,

    • ii. 300, 20.

  • Yfel ǽwbryce bið ꝥ ǽwfæst man mid ǽmtige forlicge, and mycele wyrse wið óðres ǽwe,

    • i. 404, 22.

  • Gif twégen gebróðra wið án wíf forlicgan,

    • 168, 19
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  • Forlicgean

    fornicari,

    • Scint. 89, 2
      • .
to injure by lying.
to lie with a person, defile by illicit intercourse
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  • Þú on lǽces híwe hí forlicgan woldest,

    • Hml. S. 2, 203
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  • Forlycgan,

    • 186.

  • Wæs forlegen

    stupratur,

    • An. Ox. 4307
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  • Be twelfhyndes monnes wífe forlegenum. Gif mon hǽme mid twelfhyndes monnes wífe,

    • Ll. Th. i. 68, 8.
forlegen beón, wesan, weorþan
fornicari:
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  • Thamar ys forlegen

    fornicata est Thamar,

    • Gen. 38, 24
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  • Se bið forlegen

    fornicatur,

    • Past. 465, 2
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  • Hit wyrð forlegen

    ad fornicationem ducitur,

    • 463, 29
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  • Gif se líchoma forlegan weorðeð unrihthǽmede,

    • Met. 18, 9
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  • Ðú eart forlegen wið manigne cópenere

    tu fornicata es cum amatoribus multis,

    • Past. 405, 13
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  • Be ðǽm forlegenan wífe

    de fornicante muliere,

    • 15.

  • Hí wǽron forlegene

    fornicatæ sunt,

    • 403, 34
      • .
reflexive
(cf. Icel. fyrirliggja sér to fall (of a woman)
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  • Be þám wífmen þe hig forligð

    (fornicatur),

    • Ll. Th. ii. 180, 2
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  • Gif mǽden hí sylfe forligð,

    • Hml. A. 34, 247
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  • Ðú forlǽge ðé

    fornicata es,

    • Past. 463, 26
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  • Hé hine forlæg wið ðá Madianiten,

    • 353, 19
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  • Gé eów forlǽgon

    fornicata es,

    • 463, 33
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  • Hine mon sǽde þæt heó hié wið forlǽge,

    • Ors. 126, 26.

  • Þæt hí hí forlǽgen,

    • Past. 403, 33
      • .
to lie in the way of, to defend.
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Cf. for-standan
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  • Gif hwá þeóf friðige oððe forena forlicge,

    • Cht. E. 230, 33
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Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. forlie.
O. H. Ger. fer-ligan moechari.
]
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v. for-legen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-licgan.” 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/45820.

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