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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

Attested in Aelfric's Colloquy 2 ("lēasungum")

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)

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