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Should he be _tyht bysig_, of evil repute, he was forced to undergo the triple ordeal without more ado; but if his lord gave him a good character and seven of his neighbours came forward and swore that oath had never failed him and that he had never paid _theof gyld_ (fine for thieving), then he might make his election between a pound-worth oath or single ordeal.
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-- Comp. edwīt-līf. līf-bysig, adj. _ (striving for life or death), weary of life, in torment of death_: nom. sg.,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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See sin. syn-bysig, adj., (culpa laborans), _persecuted on account of guilt?
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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-- Comp. edwît-lîf. lîf-bysig, adj. _ (striving for life or death), weary of life, in torment of death_: nom. sg.,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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See sin. syn-bysig, adj., (culpa laborans), _persecuted on account of guilt?
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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