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lád-teów

  • noun [ masculine ]
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lád-teów, es; m.
A leader, guide, conductor, a leader in war, general
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  • Ǽnne of þám þrím englum ða ðe him on ǽghwæðere gesihþe ládteów wæs

    unum de tribus angelis, qui sibi in tota utraque visione ductores adfuerunt,

    • Bd. 3, 19
      • ;
    • S. 548, 31
      • .

  • Ðæt hé his ládteów beón sceolde on Breotone

    ut ipse eum perduceret Brittaniam,

    • 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 564, 15
      • .

  • Hengest se ðe wæs ǽrest ládteów and heretoga Angelcynnes on Breotene

    Hengist qui Brittaniam primus intravit,

    • 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 506, 34
      • .

  • Hé sende fyrd ðære wæs Beorht ládteów and heretoga

    misso cum exercitu duce Bercto,

    • 4, 26
      • ;
    • S. 602, 5
      • .

  • Ládteáw,

    • Bt. tit. 36
      • ;
    • Fox xviii. 4.

  • Láteáu,

    • Kent. Gl. 131.

  • Ládtow

    dux,

    • Ps. Surt. 30, 4
      • :
    • 54, 14
      • .

  • Mín ládþeów

    dux mihi,

    • Ps. Th. 30, 4
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. C. 54, 14
      • .

  • Ðú eart ǽgðer ge weg ge ládþeów

    tu semita, dux,

    • Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 132. 37
      • .

  • Látteów

    dux,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 33
      • ;
    • Som. 37, 49
      • .

  • Heretoga and látteów

    dux,

    • Bd. 1, 16
      • ;
    • S. 484, 18
      • .

  • Látteów wæs ðara leóda

    duces eorum,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 25
      • .

  • Ic eom ealdor and látteów drihtnes heres

    sum princeps exercitus domini,

    • Jos. 5, 14
      • .

  • Wilferþ bæd ðæt hé him ðæs siiþfætes látteów wǽre

    Vilfridum ducem sibi itineris fieri rogaret,

    • Bd. 4, 5
      • ;
    • S. 571, 35
      • :
    • 2, 20
      • ;
    • S. 521, 41
      • .

  • Látteów ðæs weges,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 11
      • .

  • God, lífes látteów,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1037
      • ;
    • El. 520
      • :
    • 1794
      • ;
    • El. 899
      • .

  • Lífes látþeów,

    • Cd. 147
      • ;
    • Th. 184, 8
      • ;
    • Exod. 104
      • .

  • Wæs ðæt se mín látþeów se ðe mé ǽr lǽdde

    ille erat ipse qui me ante ducebat,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • :
    • S. 629, 8
      • .

  • Látþeów

    ductor,

    • S. 629, 40
      • .

  • Látþeów

    dux,

    • Ps. Spl. 54, 14
      • .

  • Lífes láððeów

    the guide of life,

    • Dóm. L. 52, 9.

  • Ðes and ðeós láteów oððe heretoga

    hic et hæc dux,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9
      • ;
    • Som. 14, 9
      • :
    • Wrt. Voc. 72, 60
      • .

  • Drihten ðe eówer láteów ys

    dominus qui ductor est vester,

    • Deut. 31, 8
      • .

  • Ðæt hé ðæs látteówes lárum hýre

    that he listen to the guide's instructions,

    • Exon. 37 b
      • ;
    • Th, 124, 5
      • ;
    • Gú. 335
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2417
      • ;
    • El. 1210
      • .

  • Hé sóhte hine him tó látðeówe on ðæm wege

    ducem requirebat in via,

    • Past. 41, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 305, 5
      • .

  • Seó leó gif heó blódes onbirigþ ábít ǽrest hire ládteów

    the lioness, if she tastes blood, will first rend her keeper;

    primusque lacer dente cruento domitor rabidas imbuit iras,

    • Bt. 25
      • ;
    • Fox 38, 14
      • .

  • Þurh sume ða Wyliscean ðe him tó wǽron cumen and his lǽdteówas wǽron

    by means of some of the Welsh who had come to him and were his guides,

    • Chr. 1097
      • ;
    • Erl. 233, 39
      • .

  • Hig synt blinde and blindra látteówas (Lind. látuas)

    cæci sunt, duces cæcorum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 15, 14
      • .

  • Wǽron heora látteówas and heretogan twegen gebróðra Hengest and Horsa,

    • Bd. 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 483, 27
      • .

  • Ic mé ðá mid genom .cc. ládþeówa and eác. l. ðe ða génran wegas cúðan ðara síðfato

    acceptis .cl. ducibus qui brevitates itinerum noverant,

    • Nar. 6, 7
      • .

  • Gé preóstas synd gesette tó láðþeówum and tó láreówum ofer Godes folc.

    • L. Ælfc. P. 5
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 366, 4
      • .

  • Him ðá Rómáne æfter ðæm ládteówas gesetton, ðe hie consulas héton,

    • Ors. 2, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 68, 2
      • .

  • Ealle míne ládþeówas ðe mec on swelc earfeðo gelǽddon

    locorum demonstratores qui nos in insidias deducebant,

    • Nar. 16, 25
      • .
  • In
    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 2, 6
      • :
    • Rtl. 38, 15
      • :
    • 193, 15,
    the form látwa with pl. látuas,
    • Mt. 15, 14,
    occurs; also látwu,
    • Rtl. 193, 17, 19;
      • and in
    • 2, 5
    látuan glosses ducere.
Etymology
[
O. E. Homl. latteu a guide
:
Jul. lauerd, liues lattow
:
cf. Icel. leið-togi a guide.
]
Similar entries
v. under-ládteów.
Linked entries
v.  lǽttewestre lǽd-teów láteów látwa.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lád-teów.” 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/20899.

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