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leánian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
leánian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
To reward, recompense, requite, pay
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  • Ic ðé ða fǽhþe leánige ealdgestreónum

    I will recompense thee for the strife with ancient treasures,

    • Beo. Th. 2765
      • ;
    • B. 1380.

  • Ðú ús leánest unfreóndlíce

    those dost requite us unkindly,

    • Cd. 127
      • ;
    • Th. 162, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 2688
      • .

  • God mǽrlíce leánaþ ǽghwylcum ðara ðe him gód behét and ðæt eft fullíce gelǽst,

    • Lchdm. iii. 436, 16
      • :
    • Exon. 20 a
      • ;
    • Th. 52, 4
      • ;
    • Cri. 828
      • :
    • 113 a
      • ;
    • Th. 434, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 51, 9
      • .

  • Gúþláce God leánode ellen mid árum,

    • 39 a
      • ;
    • Th. 129, 13
      • ;
    • Gú. 420
      • .

  • Mé ðone wælrǽs wine Scyldinga leánode manegum máðmum,

    • Beo. Th. 4211
      • ;
    • B. 2102
      • .

  • Lofe leánige,

    • Exon. 54 b
      • ;
    • Th. 193, 13
      • ;
    • Az. 121
      • .

  • Ðæt hió him leánige ðæt hé ǽr tela dyde

    that it may reward him for having done well,

    • Bt. 40, 1
      • ;
    • Fox. 236, 4
      • .

  • Ðám gódum leánian hiora gód

    to reward the good for their goodness,

    • 39, 12
      • ;
    • Fox 230, 25
      • .

  • Nú ic wolde ðé ðone unþanc mid yfele leánian

    valet manus mea reddere tibi malum,

    • Gen. 31, 29
      • .

  • Ðá cwæþ heó ðæt heó ne dorste him swá leánian swá hé hire tó geearnud hæfde

    then said she, that she dared not requite him as he had deserved of her,

    • Chart. Th. 202, 21
      • .

  • Ǽghwylcum ánum men gyldan and leánigean æfter his sylfes weorcum,

    • Blickl. Homl. 123, 34
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. lónón
:
O. Frs. lánia
:
Icel. launa
:
O. H. Ger. lónón retribuere, munerare, reddere
:
Ger. lohnen.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-leánian.
Linked entries
v.  lǽnian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “leánian.” 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/21276.

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