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leán

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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leán, p. lóg [a weak form also occurs (cf. Icel.) Se ðe wolde leógan oftost on his wordon, ealle hine leádan, ða ðe God lufedan,
  • Wulfst. 168, 17
  • .]
Wright's OE grammar
§70; §239; §329; §509;
To blame, reproach, find fault with, disapprove, scorn
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  • Ne leá ic ðé ná ðæt ðú ǽgðer lufige

    I blame thee not for loving either,

    • Shrn. 197, 2
    • .
  • Hý nǽfre man lyhþ se ðe secgan wile sóð æfter rihte

    a man that will rightly tell the truth will never blame them,

    • Beo. Th. 2101
    • ;
    • B. 1048
    • .
  • Ða ðe ðæt unliéfde leáþ and swá ðeáh dóþ

    qui accusant prava, nec tamen devitant,

    • Past. 55, 1
    • ;
    • Swt, 427, 12
    • .
  • Paulus ðæt yfel ðære forlegnesse swá manegum áwiergdum leahtrum lóh

    Paulus fornicationis vitium tot criminibus execrandis inseruit,

    • 51, 8
    • ;
    • Swt. 401, 26
    • .
  • Hé him lóh ðæt hé hæfde his bróðor wíf him tó cifese

    he reproached him with having his brother's wife as his concubine,

    • Shrn. 123, 1.
  • Nales wordum lóg méces ecge

    he brought no word of blame against the blade's edge,

    • Beo. Th. 3627
    • ;
    • B. 1811
    • .
  • Ðara manna ðe mé ðæt lógon ðæt ic ðǽm wegum férde

    hominum qui dixerant mihi ne festinarem,

    • Nar. 6, 27.
  • Ðone siðfæt him snotere ceorlas lythwón lógon

    prudent men a little blamed him for that journey,

    • Beo. Th. 408
    • ;
    • B. 203
    • .
  • Ne hié winedrihten wiht ne lógon,

    • 1729
    • ;
    • B. 862
    • .
  • Ne ðé silfne ne hera ne ðé silfne ne leah

    neither praise thyself, nor blame thyself,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 36
    • .
  • Herigaþ oft suá suíðe suá hié hit leán scoldon

    plerumque laudant etiam, quod reprobare debuerant,

    • Past. 17, 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 111, 6
    • .
  • Ða déman beóþ swíðor tó herigenne ðonne tó leánne,

    • Blickl. 63, 21
    • .
  • Eal swilc is tó leánne nǽfre tó lufianne,

    • L. Eth, vi, 29
    • ;
    • Th. i. 322, 22
    • .
  • Bócláre leánde and unriht lufiende

    scorning booklearning and loving wrong,

    • Wulfst. 82, 2.
Etymology
[
Goth. laian; p. lailó to revile
;
O. Sax. lahan; p. lóg
:
Icel. ; p. láðí to blame
:
O. H. Ger. lahan; p. luog vituperare.
]
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v. be-leán.
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