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LEÓÞ

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
LEÓÞ, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§343;
A song, poem, ode, lay, verses
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  • Ðis leóþ

    hoc carmen,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9
      • ;
    • Som 9, 28
      • .

  • Leóþ

    poema,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 112
      • ;
    • Som. 79, 98
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 60, 6
      • .

  • Sárlíc leóþ

    tragædia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 37
      • .

  • Leóþ wæs ásungen

    the song was recited,

    • Beo. Th. 2323
      • ;
    • B. 1159
      • .

  • Leóþ Gode úrum

    carmen Deo nostro,

    • Ps. Spl. 39, 4.

  • Hé for ðon nǽfre nóht leásunga ne ídeles leóþes wyrceanne mihte

    unde nihil unquam frivoli et supervacui poematis facere potuit,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 596, 42
      • .

  • Ðý betstan leóþe geglenged

    optimo carmine compositum,

    • S. 597, 37
      • .

  • Ðæt leóþ singan

    dicere carmen,

    • 597, 31
      • .

  • Ðis leóþ him andswaraþ for gewitnysse and ðæt leóþ ne ádiligaþ nán man of ðínes ofspringes múþe

    respondebit ei canticum istud pro testimonio, quod nulla delebit oblivio ex ore seminis tui,

    • Deut. 31, 21
      • .

  • Ic geworhte hí eft tó leóþe

    I made a poetical version of it,

    • Bt. proem
      • ;
    • Fox viii, l0
      • .

  • Ðá ic ðis leóþ ásungen hæfde

    when I had recited these verses,

    • 3, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 4, 16
      • .

  • Leóþ

    odai,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 63.

  • Leóþa gleáw

    skilled in songs,

    • Exon. 79 a
      • ;
    • Th. 296, 16
      • ;
    • Crä. 52
      • .

  • Omerus wæs mid Crécum leóþa cræftgast,

    • Bt. Met. Fox. 30, 4
      • ;
    • Met. 30, 2
      • ,

  • Ic lióþa fela sang,

    • 2, 1
      • ;
    • Met. 2, 1
      • :
    • Exon. 91 b
      • ;
    • Th. 344, 8
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 170
      • .

  • Leóþum and spellum leódum reahte

    in songs and stories he related to men,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 30, 15
      • ;
    • Met. 30, 8
      • .

  • Ða lióþ ðe ic geó lustbǽrlíce song

    carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi,

    • Bt. 2
      • ;
    • Fox 4, 6
      • .

  • Hé gewunode gerisenlíce leóþ wyrcean ða ðe tó ǽfæstnesse and tó árfæstnesse belumpon

    carmina religioni et pietati apta facere solebat,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • :
    • S. 596, 31
      • .

  • Ne wéne ǽnig ælda cynnes ðæt ic lygewordum leóþ somnige wríte wóðcræfte

    let none imagine of the race of men that with lying words my lays I compose, writing in verse,

    • Exon. 63 b
      • ;
    • Th. 234, 29
      • ;
    • Ph. 547
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. awi-liuþ
:
Icel. ljóð
:
O. H. Ger. leod, lied carmen
:
Ger. lied.
]
Derived forms
ǽfen-, bismer-, brýd-, byrgen-, byrig-, dæg-, dryht-, fús-, fyrd-, galdor-, gift-, gryre-, gúþ-, hearm-, hilde-, líc-, sǽ-, sige-, sorg-, wíg-, wóp-leóþ
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “LEÓÞ.” 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/21492.

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