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§134; §293; §530;
Add: to cause to remain (lífan).
of a deceased person,
to have as remainder after one
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  • Se gesibsuma lǽfð symle yrfeweard æfter him

    sunt reliquiae homini pacifico

    ,
      Ps. Th. 36, 36.

  • Hé lǽfde æfter him þreó sunan,

      Chr. 1086; P. 221, 11.

  • Nam se óðer hí and wearð deád, ne sé sǽd ne lǽfde . . . And ealle seofon hí hæfdon and sǽd ne lǽfdon,

      Mk. 12, 21, 22.

  • Gif hwá gefare and nán bearn ne gestriéne, gif hé bróðor lǽfe, fó sé tó his wífe,

      Past. 43, 13.
to transmit at death to heirs or successors,
bequeath
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  • Manige for bearnléste eallne þone welan ðe hí gegaderigaþ hí lǽfað fræmdum tó brúcanne

    orbus liberis alienum censum nutrit heredi

    ,
      Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 7.

  • Hí lǽfað fremdum heora ǽhte

    relinquent alienis divitias suas

    ,
      Ps. Th. 48, 9.

  • Hé þám yldestan eaforan lǽfde folc,

      Gen. 1214: 1179.

  • Hé eaferum lǽfde, swá déð eádig mon, lond and leÁdbyrig, þá hé of lífe gewát,

      B. 2470.

  • Hí of lífe gewyton and lǽfdon heora ǽhta þám æðelum mannum. Iulianus ðá dǽlde . . . heora landáre, þe him lǽfed was,

      Hml. S. 4, 79-82.

  • Þonne þú heonan cyrre . . . lǽf ús écne gefeán,

      Cri. 159.

  • Ic wilnode . . . æfter mínum lífe þám monnum tó lǽfanne þe æfter mé wǽren mín gemynd on gódum weorcum,

      Bt. 17; F. 60, 16.
to allow to remain, not to take, consume, remove, &c.
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  • Hí nymað ǽlc wiht, and uneáðe hí ám þearfiendum lytles hwæt lǽfað,

      Ll. Lbmn. 476, 11.

  • Hí náman æt heora mágon sceattas genóge . . . and á spendon and dǽldon hafenleásum mannum . . . Þæt feoh ꝥ hí ǽr lǽfdon (

    had not spent before

    ) hí mid heom tó þám scræfe hæfdon,
      Hml. S. 23, 198-213.

  • Eal monncynnes þæt þǽr lǽfed wæs, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 6; Bt. 11, 1; F. 30, 19. ¶ where the object is food,

    not to eat

    :-- Wulfas on ǽfne ne lǽfað náwiht oð morgen,
      Ll. Lbmn. 476, 3.

  • Þæt þæt hí lǽfon healdan heora bearnum

    reliquerunt quae superfuerunt parvulis suis

    ,
      Ps. Th. 16, 14.

  • Eal ꝥ flǽsc ꝥ wildeór lǽfen carnem quae a bestiis fuerit praegustata, Ll. Th. i. 54, 1. III a.

    to leave after subtraction

    :-- Dó of ðám feórþan deále eall þæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ . . . ðonne miht ðú ongitan ætte þæs ealles nis monnum máre lǽfed tó búgianne búton swelce án lytel cafertún,
      Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 16.
to leave, not to take with one
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  • Þá men þe hé beæftan him lǽfde,

      Chr. 755 ; P. 48, 14.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lǽfan.” 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/54168.

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