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læssa

  • adjective
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Grammar
læssa, adj. cpve.
Wright's OE grammar
§280; §445;
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  • Se ðe lessa ys ys on heofena ríce him máre

    qui autem minor est in regno cælorum, major est illo,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 11, 11
      • .

  • Hwæðere hé ðám ðe on sceare máran wǽron on ðám mægnum eáþmódnesse and hýrsumnesse nóhte ðon læssa wæs

    verum eis quæ tonsura majores sunt virtutibus humilitatis et obedientiæ non mediocriter insignitus,

    • Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 637, 18
      • .

  • Ðæt máre leóht and ðæt læsse leóht

    luminare majus et luminare minus,

    • Gen. 1, 16
      • .

  • Gaderodon sum máre sum læsse

    collegerunt, alius plus, alius minus,

    • Ex. 16, 17
      • .

  • Ne eart ðú læst [læsæst, Rush.]

    nequaquam minima es,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 2, 6
      • .

  • Nis dæt læsest,

    • Exon. 43 b
      • ;
    • Th. 148, 7
      • ;
    • Gú. 741
      • .

  • Ðará ánum ðeáh hit se læsta wǽre and se heánosta

    to one of them, though it were the least and the humblest,

    • Blickl. Homl. 169, 22
      • .

  • Ðæt læste fæc

    parvissimum spatium,

    • Bd. 2, 13
      • ;
    • S. 516, 20
      • .

  • Ðone læstan dǽl þunges

    the least bit of aconite,

    • L. M. 2, 52
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 268, 31
      • .

  • Ðara læstena worda hreówsian

    se de tenuissima verbi laceratione reprehendunt,

    • Past. 28, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 199, 15
      • .

  • Se ðe tówyrpþ án of ðysum læstum [leasestum, Lind: læsest, Rush.] bebodum ... se biþ læst [leasest, Lind: se læsesta, Rush.] genemned on heofonan ríce

    qui solverit unum de mandatis istis minimis,... minimus vocabitur in regno cælorum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 5, 19
      • .

  • Æt læstan l scypa

    at least 50 ships,

    • Chr. 1049
      • ;
    • Erl. 173, 15.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. lessa.
]
Similar entries
v. lærest.
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v.  lærest læst.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “læssa.” 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/20995.

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