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leán

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
leán, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§135; §343;
Reward, recompense, remuneration, requital, retribution
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  • Leán

    meritum laboris,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 40.

  • Se ðe ðæt gelǽsteþ him biþ leán gearo,

    • Cd. 22
      • ;
    • Th. 28, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 435
      • .

  • Him ðæs grim leán becom

    terrible retribution befel them for that,

    • 2
      • ;
    • Th. 3, 36
      • ;
    • Gen. 46
      • .

  • Gif hé eal wel gefriðaþ [ðe] hé wealdan sceal ðonne biþ hé gódes leánes ful wel weorðe

    if he protects well all that he has to keep, then is he quite entitled to good pay,

    • L. R. S. 20
      • ;
    • Th. i. 440, 18
      • .

  • Ic ðé tó leánes ðínne noman mǽrsige

    in recompense I will magnify thy name,

    • Lchdm. iii. 436, 28
      • .

  • Hwæt dést ðú ús ðæs tó leáne

    what recompense will you give us for that?

    • Homl. Th. i. 392, 33
      • :
    • Cd. 135
      • ;
    • Th. 170, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 2819
      • .

  • Sigores tó leáne

    as a reward of victory,

    • Beo. Th. 2047
      • ;
    • B. 1021
      • .

  • Be hundfealdon hé onféhþ leán

    centuplum accipiet,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 19, 29
      • .

  • Wé sceolan habban ánfald leán ðæs ðe wé on lífe ǽr geworhtan,

    • L. C. E. 18
      • ;
    • Th. i. 370, 21
      • .

  • Gebyreþ ðæt man his geswinces leán gecnáweþ

    it is proper that the reward of his labour be acknowledged [i.e. he be rewarded for his labour],

    • L. R. S. 20
      • ;
    • Th. i. 440, 12.

  • Ðǽr leán cumaþ werum bí gewyrhtum

    there rewards come to men according to their deserts,

    • Exon. 27 b
      • ;
    • Th. 84, 2
      • ;
    • Cri. 1367
      • .

  • Sægde leána þanc and ealra ðara ðe him síð and ǽr gifena drihten forgifen hæfde,

    • Cd. 142
      • ;
    • Th. 177, 22
      • ;
    • Gen. 2933
      • .

  • Gé eów ondrǽdaþ ðæt gé onfón tó lytlum leánum

    you are afraid of receiving too little reward,

    • Blickl. Homl. 41, 21
      • .

  • Leánum míne gife gyldan

    to requite my gift,

    • Cd. 22
      • ;
    • Th. 27, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 412
      • .

  • Nealles ic ðám leánum forloren hæfde, mægnes méde,

    • Beo. Th. 4296
      • ;
    • B. 2145
      • .

  • Ðonne forliést gód man his leánum ðonne hé his gód forlǽt

    tum suo praemio carebit, cum probus esse desierit,

    • Bt. 37, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 189, 26.

  • Ðæt edleán is ofer ealle óðre leán tó lufienne,

    • Fox 190, 1.
Etymology
[
Goth. laun
:
O. Sax. lón
:
O. Frs. lán
:
Icel. laun; pl.
:
O. H. Ger. lón praemium, merces, stipendium, remuneratio
:
Ger. lohn.
]
Derived forms
æfter-, and-, dǽd-, drinc-, ed-, eft-, ende-, feorh-, fóstor-, hand-, iú-, morþor-, sige-, sigor-, wiðer-, word-, wuldor-leán
Linked entries
v.  leahan be-leán.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “leán.” 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/21273.

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