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lǽnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
lǽnan, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To lend, grant, lease
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  • Lǽnþ

    commodat,

    • Ps. Spl. 36, 27
      • :
    • 111, 5
      • :
    • Blickl. Gl.

  • Lénþ

    fenerator,

    • Kent. Gl. 699
      • .

  • Gif gé lǽnaþ ðám ðe gé eft æt onfóþ hwilc þanc is eów sóþlice synfulle synfullum lǽnaþ

    si mutuum dederitis his a quibus speratis accipere quæ gratia est vobis? nam et peccatores peccatoribus fænerantur,

    • Lk. Skt. 6, 34
      • .

  • Hig lǽnaþ eów and gé ne lǽnaþ him

    ipse fænerabit tibi et tu non fænerabis ei,

    • Deut. 28, 44
      • .

  • Ðæt hé hæbbe ðæt land æt Ludintúne iii. geár for ðám þreóm pundum ðe hé lǽnde,

    • Chart. Th. 434, 33
      • .

  • Lǽne mé þrý hláfas

    commoda mihi tres panes,

    • Lk. Skt. 11, 5.

  • Lǽne mé ða bóc tó rǽdenne

    commoda mihi librum ad legendum,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 24
      • ;
    • Som. 25, 20
      • .

  • Ne lǽne ðínum bréðer nán þing tó híre

    non fænerabis fratri tuo ad usuram pecuniam,

    • Deut. 23, 19
      • .

  • Ys forboden ðæt hé his feoh tó nánum unrihtum gafole ne lǽne

    prohibitum est, pecuniam suam ullo injusto fænore mutuam dare,

    • L. Ecg. P. ii. 30
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 194, 16
      • .

  • Ymb ðæt land ðæ ðú mǽ firmdig tó wǽræ ðæt ic dǽ endæ

    de terra illa, de qua egisti apud me, ut ego eam tibi commodarem,

    • Chart. Th. 162, 25
      • .

  • Him drihten mihte spéde lǽnan

    the Lord could grant him success,

    • Cd. 95
      • ;
    • Th. 124, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 2059
      • .

  • Hlǽnan

    mutuare,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 10
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. lenen to grant þis lond he hire lende, 228
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Orm. lenen
:
Chauc. lene
:
Prompt. Parv. leendyn presto, fenero
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O. Fris. léna to lend grant
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Icel. léna to grant; lána to lend
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O. H. Ger. léhanon mutuari
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Ger. lehnen.
]
Derived forms
á-, be-, ge-, on-lǽnan
Linked entries
v.  ge-léned.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lǽnan.” 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/20961.

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