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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
      • .

  • Hosp, lehter

    probrum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 35
      • .

  • 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
      • .

  • Hié eodan on eallum Drihtnes bebodum bútan leahtre

    they walked in all the commandments of the Lord blameless,

    • Blickl. Homl. 161, 31
      • .

  • Bútan ǽlcon womme and swá clǽne fram ǽlcon leahtre

    stainless and pure from every vice,

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

  • Vitia

    ðæt synd lehtras on lédensprǽce,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 50
      • ;
    • Som. 51, 53
      • .

  • Swá sceal wísdómes bodung healdan manna heortan wið brosnunge fúlra leahtra,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 536, 21
      • ,

  • Ic mé synnum and leahtrum þeódde

    vitiorum implicamentis solebam servire,

    • Bd. 3, 13
      • ;
    • S. 538, 30
      • .

  • Hé unscyldig and bútan leahtrum wæs clǽne geméted

    absque crimine inventus est,

    • 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 639, 30
      • .

  • Bysmrian leahtrum belecgan

    to revile and load with opprobrium,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2591
      • ;
    • An. 1297
      • .

  • Hé begann tó lufienne leahtras tó swíðe

    he began to love vices too much,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 13
      • .

  • Leahtras

    noxas(cf. gylt uoxam, 50),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 41
      • .

  • Ýdel byþ seó lár ðe ne gehǽlþ ðære sáwle leahtras (v. II.) and unþeáwas,

    • Homl. Th. i. 60, 35
      • .

  • 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
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 322, 15
      • .

  • Hyt ealne ðone leahtor genimeþ

    it takes away all the malady,

    • 13, 3
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 106, 2
      • .

  • Heó ðone leahtor [cancer] gehǽlan mæg,

    • 32, 3
      • ;
    • Lchdm. 1. 130, 14
      • .

  • Leahtras noxas [cf. dare noxam, 64],

    • Wrt. Voc, ii. 61, 41.

  • Wið leahtras ðæs múþes

    for blotches of the mouth,

    • Herb. 145, 3
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 268, 13
      • .

  • Wið misenlíce leahtras ðæs bæcþearmas,

    • 165, 3
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 294, 15
      • .
Derived forms
syn-leahter
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v.  lehter.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “leahter.” 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/21263.

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