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letting

  • noun [ feminine ]
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letting, e; f.
Letting, hindering, obstruction, delay, retarding
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  • Ðeós yl[d]fulle letting

    hæc morosa tricatio,

    • Hpt. Gl. 529, 6
    • .
  • Lettinge

    obstaculo,

    • 523, 16
    • .
  • Lettincge

    offendiculo,

    • 429, 35
    • .
  • On ðære lettinge his færeltes

    in ejus itineris retardatione,

    • Past, 36, 7
    • ;
    • Swt. 254, 20
    • .
  • [Se cyng scipa út on sǽ sende his bróðer tó dære and tó lættinge,

    • Chr. 1101
    • ;
    • Erl. 237, 19.
    • ]
  • Blindne se ðe hine gesihþ lettincge getácnaþ

    if a man [in a dream] sees himself blind, it betokens hindrance,

    • Lchdm. iii. 200, 14
    • :
    • 202, 3
    • :
    • 204, 2
    • .
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  • letting, n.