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leahter

  • noun [ masculine ]
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leahter, es; m.
a moral defect, a crime, fault, offence, sin, vice, disgraceful or shameful act, reproach, opprobrium, blame, disgrace
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  • Leahter

    crimen,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9
    • ;
    • Som. 9, 29
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  • Hosp, lehter

    probrum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 35
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  • Ǽghwile mennisc lahter on ðǽm eádigan Sancte Johanne cennendum gestilled wæs

    every human vice was stilled in the blessed St. John's parents,

    • Blickl. Homl. 163, 15, 1.
  • Bútan leahtre

    sine crimine,

    • Ælfc, Gr. 47
    • ;
    • Som. 48, 3
    • :
    • Mt. Kmbl. 12, 5
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  • Hié eodan on eallum Drihtnes bebodum bútan leahtre

    they walked in all the commandments of the Lord blameless,

    • Blickl. Homl. 161, 31
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  • Bútan ǽlcon womme and swá clǽne fram ǽlcon leahtre

    stainless and pure from every vice,

    • Nicod. 28
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    • Thw. 16, 31
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  • Vitia

    ðæt synd lehtras on lédensprǽce,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 50
    • ;
    • Som. 51, 53
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  • Swá sceal wísdómes bodung healdan manna heortan wið brosnunge fúlra leahtra,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 536, 21
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  • Ic mé synnum and leahtrum þeódde

    vitiorum implicamentis solebam servire,

    • Bd. 3, 13
    • ;
    • S. 538, 30
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  • Hé unscyldig and bútan leahtrum wæs clǽne geméted

    absque crimine inventus est,

    • 5, 19
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    • S. 639, 30
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  • Bysmrian leahtrum belecgan

    to revile and load with opprobrium,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2591
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    • An. 1297
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  • Hé begann tó lufienne leahtras tó swíðe

    he began to love vices too much,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 13
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  • Leahtras

    noxas(cf. gylt uoxam, 50),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 41
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  • Ýdel byþ seó lár ðe ne gehǽlþ ðære sáwle leahtras (v. II.) and unþeáwas,

    • Homl. Th. i. 60, 35
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  • Wið ða heáfodlícan leahtras

    against the deadly sins,

    • Blickl. Homl. 37, 3
    • .
a bodily defect, disease, disorder, hurt, malady
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  • Hyt áfeormaþ ðone leahtor ðe grécas hostopyturas hátaþ, ðæt ys, scurf ðæs heáfdes,

    • Herb. 184, 4
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    • Lchdm. i. 322, 15
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  • Hyt ealne ðone leahtor genimeþ

    it takes away all the malady,

    • 13, 3
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 106, 2
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  • Heó ðone leahtor [cancer] gehǽlan mæg,

    • 32, 3
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    • Lchdm. 1. 130, 14
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  • Leahtras noxas [cf. dare noxam, 64],

    • Wrt. Voc, ii. 61, 41.
  • Wið leahtras ðæs múþes

    for blotches of the mouth,

    • Herb. 145, 3
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    • Lchdm. i. 268, 13
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  • Wið misenlíce leahtras ðæs bæcþearmas,

    • 165, 3
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    • Lchdm. i. 294, 15
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syn-leahter
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v.  lehter.
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