Obs. [f. FALSE a. + -DOM.] Treachery, untruth; a falsehood.

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1297.  R. Glouc. (Rolls), 852*, note. Þc vnkunde siukedom [v. r. falsedom].

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a. 1300.  Dame Siriz, 65, in Wright, Anecdota Literaria, 4.

        What ich wolde, and wi ich com,
Ne con ich saien non falsdom.

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1303.  R. Brunne, Handl. Synne, 2748.

        Þat hyt helpe hym neuere at nede.
Ȝyf he swere fals, or falsdom bede.

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