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leáf-ness

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Grammar
leáf-ness, léf-, lýf-ness; e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§135; §294; §343;
Leave, permission, licence
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  • Gif him léfnys seald wǽre

    if leave had been given him,

    • Bd. 1, 23
      • ;
    • S. 486, 8
      • .

  • Lýfnes

    licentia,

    • 4, 18
      • ;
    • S. 586, 34
      • :
    • 2, 1
      • ;
    • S. 501, 32
      • :
    • 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 640, 10
      • .

  • Bútan heora Ieóda geþafunge and leáfnysse

    absque suorum consensu ac licentia,

    • 2, 2
      • ;
    • S. 502, 35
      • .

  • Bútan kyninges léfnesse [MSS. B. H. leáfe],

    • L. Alf. pol. 8
      • ;
    • Th. i. 66, 16
      • .

  • Mid his léfnysse

    accepta ab eo licentia,

    • Bd. 1, 25
      • ;
    • S. 486, 11
      • .

  • Mid Ebrinum lýfnysse,

    • 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 564, 44
      • .

  • Heó his leáfnysse hæfde ðæt ...

    she would have his permission to ...

    • 1, 25
      • ;
    • S. 486, 34
      • .

  • Nymðe þurh leáfnysse his ágenes abbudes

    nisi per demissionem proprii abbatis,

    • 4, 5
      • ;
    • S. 572, 38
      • .

  • Hí máran léfnysse onféngon tó lǽranne

    majorern prædicandi licentiam acciperent,

    • 1, 26
      • ;
    • S. 488, 5
      • .

  • Lýfnesse,

    • 5, 11
      • ;
    • S. 625, 30
      • .

  • Lýfnesse sealde ðæt ...

    gave leave to...,

    • 1, 25
      • ;
    • S. 487, 20
      • .

  • Him lýfnesse sealde tó farene,

    • 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 564, 34
      • .

  • Heó freó léfnesse sealdon,

    • 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 507, 10
      • .

  • Forgeaf him lýfnesse,

    • 4, 22
      • ;
    • S. 592, 9
      • .
Similar entries
v. leáf.
Linked entries
v.  léf-ness lýf-ness.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “leáf-ness.” 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/21253.

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