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léf

  • noun [ neuter ]
  • adjective
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léf, [or lef?]; adj.
Weak, injured, infirm
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  • Léf

    debilis,

    • Germ. 389
      • .

  • On fýre hí ne lyst lócian gif se æppel léf biþ

    men do not like to look at fire if the apple of the eye be injured,

    • Bt. 38, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 204, 29
      • .

  • Léf mon lǽces behófaþ

    a sick man needs a doctor,

    • Exon. 89 b
      • ;
    • Th. 336, 8
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 45
      • .

  • On féðe líf seonobennum seóc

    weak for walking, sick with sinew-wounds,

    87 b;
    • Th. 328, 16
      • ;
    • Vy. 18
      • .

  • Oft him feorran tó laman liomseóce léfe cwómon

    oft from far to him the paralytic, the cripple, the infirm came,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2426
      • ;
    • El. 1214
      • .
    • See note to Grmm. A. u. E. p. 166.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. O. Frs. léf
:
Dut. loof.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-léfan; léf; n; léfung.
Linked entries
v.  a-lefan léwsa líf lim-lǽweo.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “léf.” 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/21330.

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