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lǽs

  • noun [ feminine ]
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lǽs, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§556;
A letting [of blood]
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  • Blódes lǽs

    bloodletting,

    • L. M. 3, 47, cont
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 302, 23
    • .
  • Cf. Þurh ða blódlǽse geclǽnsad,

    • 2, 23
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 210, 18
    • ;
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and v. blód-læswu, lǽtan: cf. ǽs and etan.
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  • lǽs, n.