Old English · noun
leasung
Normalised lēasung
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈlæ͜ɑː.sunɡ/[ˈlæ͜ɑː.zuŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈlæ͜ɑː · sunɡ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- releasefrivolousleasingdeceitfulnessfictiontrickeryhypocrisytestimony
Meaning
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release on giving an equivalent; compensation
-
lying, vain or frivolous speech, fiction; a false witness or testimony
-
falsehood, hypocrisy
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deception, deceitfulness, trickery
Ēac sē hālga bisċop ġesēah ġelōme þā awyrigedan deoflu mid mislīcum gedwymorum. Hē nāteshwōn ne ondrēd heora deofellīcan hīw, ne hē næs bepǣht ðurh heora lēasungum.
Moreover, the holy bishop often saw the accursed devils with various phantoms. He did not fear their devilish forms, nor was he deceived by their deceptions.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *lausungu, from Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to lēasian + -ung. Cognate with Old High German lōsunga (“redemption, payment, ransom, fraud, deception”), Old Norse lausung (“lying, falsehood”).
Descendants
leasing
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