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leó

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
leó, g. león; [a dat. leóne and acc. f. leó are found as well as regular forms león: the dat. pl. leónum is put under leóna q.v.] m. f.
Wright's OE grammar
§402;
A lion, lioness
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  • Leó

    leo,

    • Wrt. Voc. 77, 78
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  • Leó

    leo, leena,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 47, 49
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  • Ðæt nǽfre míne fýnd ne grípen míne sáwle swá swá leó

    nequando rapiat ut leo animam meam,

    • Ps. Th. 7, 2
    • :
    • 21, 11
    • .
  • Ðá ongan seó leó fægnian ... Seó leó mid hire earmum scræf geworhte,

    • Glostr. Frag. 110, 7, 15
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  • Ðonne seó leó bringþ his hungregum hwelpum hwæt tó etanne,

    • Ors. 3, 11
    • ;
    • Swt. 142, 24
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  • Seó leó ðeáh hió wel tam sé and hire magister swíðe lufige,

    • Bt. 25
    • ;
    • Fox 88, 9
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  • Etan león flǽsc ... Nim león gelynde

    to eat lion's flesh ... take lion's suet,

    • L. Med. ex Quad. 10, 12
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 364, 22, 24
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  • Gefriða mé of ðæs león múðe

    libera me de ore leonis,

    • Ps. Th. 21, 19
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  • Of león hwelpum,

    • 56, 4
    • :
    • 103, 20
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  • León hwelpas

    leunculi,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 42
    • .
  • Griffus

    fiðerfóte fugel, leóne gelíc on wæstme,

    • Wrt. Voc. 78, 2
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  • Hió sceolde forsceoppan tó león and ðonne seó sceolde sprecan ðonne rýnde hió

    she turned into a lioness, and when it ought to have spoken, then she roared,

    • Bt. 38, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 194, 33
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  • Nán heort ne onscúnode nǽnne león,

    • 35, 6
    • ;
    • Fox 168, 9
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  • Hé gelǽhte áne león be wege,

    • Jud. 14, 5
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  • Ða wildan leó hé gewylde

    the wild lion he subdued,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 16
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  • Ðú miht tredan león and dracan

    conculcabis leonem et draconem,

    • Ps. Th. 90, 13
    • :
    • Glostr. Frag. 110, 3
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  • Ús symle león and beran úre ehtan

    incursantibus leonibus ursisque,

    • Nar. 12, 3
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  • Ða ðe león wǽron ongunnon rýnan,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 165
    • ;
    • Met. 26, 68
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  • Tólýseþ leóna mægen

    molas leonum confringet,

    • Ps. Th. 57, 5
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  • Hwelpas leóna

    catuli leonum,

    • Ps. Spl. 103, 22
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  • Hý man sende in wildra deóra menigo, in leóna and in berena,

    • Shrn. 133, 10
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    • Wulfst. 200, 23
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  • Hwænne áhredst [ðú] míne ángan sáwle æt ðǽm leóum (leóm, Ps. Surt.)

    restitue a leonibus unicam meam,

    • Ps. Th. 34, 17
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  • Hé hét gelǽdan león and beran, manega and mycele,

    • Homl. Skt. 4, 403
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Etymology
[
In Orm. and Laym. lea occurs as well as leon.
Icel. leó; m
:
O. H. Ger. lio, leuuo; g. leuuen, Grff. 2, 31.
]
Linked entries
v.  leá león leóna.
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