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LÆS

  • adverb
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Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.
Wright's OE grammar
§556;
Less, lest
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  • Hió mé lytle læs láðe woldan ðisses eorþweges ende gescrífan

    paulominus consummaverunt me in terra,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 87
      • .

  • Nóht ðon læs

    nihilominus,

    • Bd. 2, 14
      • ;
    • S. 516, 6
      • .

  • Nóhte ðon læs,

    • 3, 6
      • ;
    • S. 528, 10
      • .

  • Nóhte ðý læs unáræfnendlíc

    non minus intolerabile,

    • 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 627. 38
      • .

  • Cýð ðis folc ðæt hig ne gán ofer ða gemǽro ðé læs hig swelton

    contestare populum ne forte velit transcendere terminos et pereat,

    • Ex. 19, 21, 24
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 68, 14
      • .

  • Ðé lea

    ne,

    • Kent. Gl. 161.

  • Wé hine mid swá micle máran unryhte oferhycgeaþ swá hé læs forhogaþ ðæt hé ús tó him spane,

    • Past. 52, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 407, 18
      • .

  • Ðý læs ðe,

    • Homl. Th. i. 88, 32
      • :
    • Gen. 32, 11
      • .

  • Án læs twentig

    undeviginti,

    twám læs twentig

    duodeviginti,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 49
      • ;
    • Som. 50, 41
      • .

  • Hé ríxode twá læs xxx geára,

    • Chr. 641
      • ;
    • Erl. 27, 16
      • .

  • Óðrum healfum læs ðe xxx wintra,

    • 901
      • ;
    • Erl. 96, 24
      • .

  • Ðý ilcan sumera forwearþ nó læs ðonne xx scipa

    that same summer no less than twenty ships were lost,

    • 897
      • ;
    • Erl. 96, 14.

  • Ðá wæs ágangen fíf þúsend geára and áne geáre læs ðonne twá hund,

    • Shrn. 29, 34
      • .

  • Gif læs manna beó

    sin minor est numerus,

    • Ex. 12, 4.

  • Swá man máre sprycþ swá him læs manna gelýfeþ

    the more a man speaks, the fewer men believe him,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 38.

  • Swá mid læs worda swá mid má

    whether with fewer words or with more,

    • Bt. 35, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 166, 12
      • .

  • Forðon hit næs þeáw on ðǽm tídum ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs búton ðær ðý læs ofslagen wǽre

    quia scriptorum veterum mos est, ex ea parte quæ vicerit occisorum non commemorare numerum: nisi forte cum adeo pauci cadunt,

    • Ors. 4, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 156, 22
      • .

  • Ðes dæg is geweorþod mid manegum godcundum geofum næs ðara gifena læs ðonne Drihtnes ǽrist and eác ðonne seó gifu ðæs Hálgan Gástes

    this day is distinguished by many divine gifts, no less gifts than the Lord's resurrection, and also than the gift of the Holy Ghost,

    • Blickl. Homl. 133, 3
      • .

  • Áhte ic holdra ðý læs,

    • Beo. Th. 929
      • ;
    • B. 487
      • :
    • 3897
      • ;
    • B. 1946
      • :
    • Exon. 103 a
      • ;
    • Th. 391, 27
      • ;
    • Rä. 10, 11
      • .

  • Ða ðe læs águn

    • 33 b
      • ;
    • Th. 106, 33
      • ;
    • Gú. 50
      • .

  • Læsast brúcan,

    • 37 b
      • ;
    • Th. 122, 22
      • ;
    • Gú. 309
      • .

  • Licgende beám læsest gróweþ,

    • 91 b
      • ;
    • Th. 343,19
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 159
      • .

  • Ðonne hí læst wénaþ

    when they least expect,

    • Ps. Th. 13, 9
      • :
    • 10, 2
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 104, 12
      • :
    • Bd. 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 601, 30
      • .

  • Hú gé fullecost mágon Gode þiówian ðæt eów læst þing mierþ

    quod facultatem præbeat sine impedimenta Domino observiendi,

    • Past. 51, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 401, 17.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. les.
]
Linked entries
v.  læsast.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “LÆS.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20990.

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