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lēasung

N (fem, o-stem)

release on giving an equivalent; compensation; lying, vain or frivolous speech, fiction; a false witness or testimony; falsehood, hypocrisy; deception, deceitfulness, trickery

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leasung#Old_English

originates from: PGmc *lausungō 'releasing, liberation; removal' (lausungō > lausungū > lausungu > lausung > lēasung) through pgmc-to-oe

Inflected forms

lēasungum 'deceit-dat.pl' (oe-dat-pl) in Aelfric's Colloquy 2

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