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lǽððu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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lǽððu, e; lǽððo; indecl.; f.
An injury, offence, hatred, enmity, malice
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  • Lǽððe

    livoris,

    • Wt. Voc. ii. 50, 16
      • .

  • Mið lǽðo hæfe ðú fiónd ðínne

    odio habebis inimicum tuum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 43.

  • Lǽððo

    odio,

    • 24, 10
      • .

  • Seðe unlage rǽre oððe undóm gedéme heononforþ for lǽððe oððe for feohfange

    he that from this time forth shall set up unjust law, or judge unjust judgement on account of malice or of bribery,

    • L. C. S. 15
      • ;
    • Th. i. 384, 9
      • .

  • Þurh Pendan lǽððe hyra cyninges,

    • Bd. 3, 18
      • ;
    • S. 546, 14
      • .

  • Ðæt is ðonne ðæt ǽrest ðæt man tó óðrum lǽððe hæbbe

    now first it is murder, that a man hate another,

    • Blickl. Homl. 63, 36
      • .

  • Ne dóm ic ðé laæðo

    non facio tibi injuriam,

    • Mt. Kimbl. Lind. 20, 13.

  • Ðæt hié ongieten ðæt ðæt sindon ða forman lǽððo ðe hié Gode gedoon mǽgen

    ut noverint, quod hanc primam injuriam faciunt Deo,

    • Past. 45, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 339, 7
      • .

  • Ðara lǽðða ðe gé lange drugon

    for the injuries that ye have suffered long,

    • Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 23, 36
      • ;
    • Jud. 158
      • .

  • Hé mid lǽððum ús eglan móste,

    • Thw. 24, 12
      • ;
    • Jud. 185.

  • Ðone Jacobum Judǽa leorneras otslógan for Cristes lǽððum

    that James the disciples of the Jews slew from hatred to Christ,

    • Shrn. 93, 12
      • .

  • Lǽððum hwópan

    to threaten injuries,

    • Exon. 64 a
      • ;
    • Th. 236, 31
      • ;
    • Ph. 582
      • .
Etymology
[
Cf. Icel. leiða; f. irksomeness
:
O. H. Ger. leida; f. accusatio.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lǽððu.” 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/21019.

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