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lǽfan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
lǽfan, p. de.
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §293; §530;
to leave
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  • Ic lǽfe eów sibbe

    percent relinquo vobis,

    • Jn. Skt. 14, 27
      • .

  • Ic léfe

    lego,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 66
      • .

  • Gif hwæs bróðor deád biþ and lǽfþ his wíf

    si cujus frater mortuus fuerit et dimiserit uxorem,

    • Mk. Skt. 12, 19.

  • Hig ne lǽfaþ on ðé stán ofer stáne

    non relinquent in te lapidem super lapidem,

    • Lk. Skt. 19, 44.

  • Se forma lǽfde his bróðer his wíf

    primus reliquit uxorem suam fratri suo,

    • Mt Kmbl. 22, 25
      • .

  • Ða men ðe hé beæftan him lǽfde ǽr

    those men that before he had left behind him,

    • Chr. 755
      • ;
    • Erl. 50, 13
      • .

  • Hié hegeáton welan and ús lǽfdon

    they got wealth and left it us,

    • Past. pref
      • ;
    • Swt. 5, 15
      • .

  • Swá hit his yldran begeáton and létan and lǽfdon ðam tó gewealde ðe hý wel úðan,

    • L. O. 14
      • ;
    • Th. i. 184, 3
      • .

  • Ðínum mágum lǽf folc and ríce

    leave to thy kinsmen people and power.

    • Beo. Th. 2361
      • ;
    • B. 1178
      • .

  • Ðonne him forþsíð gebyrige gýme his hláford ðæs hé lǽfe

    when his death happens, let his lord take charge of what he leaves,

    • L. R. S. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 434, 28
      • :
    • 5
      • ;
    • Th. i. 436, 9
      • .

  • Ne biþ lǽfed stán uppan stáne,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 24, 2.

  • Án byþ genumen and óðer byþ lǽfed,

    • 24, 41
      • .

  • Heora landáre ðe him lǽfed wæs

    their landed property that was left them,

    • Homl. Skt. 4, 82
      • .

  • Ná lǽfedum sǽde

    non relicto semine,

    • Mk. Skt. 12, 20
      • .

  • Ðæt ða bán áne beón lǽfed

    so that the bones only are left,

    • L. Med. ex Quad. 3, 11
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 340, 26
      • .
to remain, be left remaining
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  • Gif hwæt lǽfde

    if anything remained,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 40, 14.

  • Hia lǽfdun

    superaverunt,

    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 12
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. bi-laibjan to remain
:
O Sax. farleƀian to remain; léƀón to be left
:
O. Frs. léva to leave
:
Icel. leifa to leave
:
O. H. Ger. leibjan relinquere: leibén to remain.
]
Derived forms
be-, ge-, ofer-lǽfan
Linked entries
v.  be-lǽfan.
Entry information
Citation

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/20948.

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