leasung

Old English

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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlæ͜ɑː.sunɡ/, [ˈlæ͜ɑː.zuŋɡ]

Noun

lēasung f

  1. release on giving an equivalent; compensation
  2. lying, vain or frivolous speech, fiction; a false witness or testimony
  3. falsehood, hypocrisy
  4. deception, deceitfulness, trickery
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      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.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative lēasung lēasunga, lēasunge
accusative lēasunge lēasunga, lēasunge
genitive lēasunge lēasunga
dative lēasunge lēasungum

Descendants

  • Middle English: lesinge, lesing
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