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lǽðan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
lǽðan, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To speak ill of, accuse, abuse, execrate, detest, hate
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  • Man call hyrweþ ðæt man scolde herian and láðeþ [lǽðeþ?] ðæt man scolde lufian

    people scorn what they ought to praise, and hate what they ought to love,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 167
      • .

  • Gif hwelc cymiþ tó mé and ne lǽdes [lǽðues, Lind] fæder his

    si quis venit ad me et non odit patrem suum,

    • Lk. Skt. Rush. 14, 26
      • .

  • Miððý iuih lǽðeþ menn

    cum vos oderint homines,

    • Lind. 6, 22
      • .

  • Ða ðe lǽðes ł lǽðedon

    qui oderunt,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 44.

  • Ða ðe lǽðdon,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. i, 71.

  • Hý wǽron ealle ánsprǽce ðonne hý mé leahtrodon and lǽðdon

    loquebantur simul,

    • Ps. Th. 40, 7
      • .
Etymology
[
Cf. Icel. leiða to make a person loathe a thing
:
O. Sax. a-léðian to disgust
:
O. H. Ger. leidan accusare, detestari; leidén execrari, odiosum facere.
]
Similar entries
v. be-lǽðan, láðian.
Linked entries
v.  láðian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lǽðan.” 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/21018.

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