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lǽwede

  • adjective
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lǽwede, adj.
Lay, laic, not learned, not of the church; by gradual change of meaning it has become the later lewd
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  • Lǽwede man

    laicus,

    • Wt. Voc. 72, 8
      • .

  • Ðara manna sum wæs bescoren preóst sum wæs lǽwede sum wæs wífmon

    e quibus hominibus quidam erat adtonsus ut clericus,quidam laicus, quædam femina,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 628, 35
      • .

  • Hí underféngon ða dígelnyssa ðære láre ðe ðæt lǽwede folc undergitan ne mihte

    they [the apostles] received the mysteries of the doctrine that the unlearned people could not understand,

    • Homl. Th. i. 190, 13
      • .

  • Búton ða láreówas screádian symle ða leahtras þurh heora láre áweg ne biþ ðæt lǽwede folc wæstmbǽre on gódum weorcum,

    • ii. 74, 17.

  • Hé munuclíce leofode betwux ðam lǽwedan folce

    he lived as a monk among laymen,

    • 97, 67
      • .

  • Sum wer wæs on lǽwedum háde

    fuit vir in laico habitu,

    • Bd. 5, 13
      • ;
    • S. 632, 7
      • .

  • Ðeáh ðe hé ðá gyt on lǽwedum háde beán sceolde ... hé munuclífe gyta swíðor lifde ðonne ðonne lǽwedes mannes,

    • Blickl. Homl. 213, 9-11
      • .

  • Ðæt hit nǽfre on lǽdu hand ne wende

    that it should never pass to a lay hand,

    • Chart. Th. 166, 21.

  • Ealle ge bescorene ge lǽwede,

    • Bd. 3, 5
      • ;
    • S. 526, 36
      • :
    • 5, 7
      • ;
    • S. 621, 14
      • .

  • Ða ðe mid him wǽron swíðust lǽwde

    qui cum ipso erant, maxime laici,

    • 5, 6
      • ;
    • S. 618, 42
      • .

  • Ða witan ealle ge hádode ge lǽwede

    all the witan both churchmen and laymen,

    • Chr. 1014
      • ;
    • Erl. 150, 4
      • .

  • Ne úre nǽnig his líf ne fadode swá swá hé scolde, ne gehádode regollíce ne lǽwede lahlíce,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 78
      • .

  • þurh gelǽredra regolbryce and þurh lǽwedra lahbryce

    through breach of [monastic] rule by the learned and breach of law by the unlearned,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 111, 199
      • .
Etymology
[In the later English the lewed are contrasted with the lered,
e.g. Orm. ȝa læwedd follc, ȝa læredd;
and Robert Manning writes 'not for þe lerid bot for the lewed
:
Prompt. Parv. lewde illitteratus, inscius, ignarus, laicus.
]
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v.  lǽwed.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lǽwede.” 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/21030.

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