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lesan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
lesan, p. læs; pl. lǽson; pp. lesen
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §239; §307; §505;
To lease [ = glean dialect.], gather, collect
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  • Se eorþlíca anweald nǽfre ne sǽwþ cræftas ac lisþ and gadraþ unþeáwas

    earthly power never sows virtues, but collects and gathers vices,

    • Bt. 27, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 94, 25
      • .

  • Gif gé lesaþ wyrte on Sunnandæg

    if ye gather herbs on Sunday,

    • Wulfst. 231, 1
      • 8.

  • Ic læs

    I collected,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2474
      • ;
    • El. 1238
      • .

  • Hí lǽson ǽfre forþ mid heom ealle ða butsecarlas ðe heó gemétton

    they kept on all the while collecting and joining to themselves all the sailors they found,

    • Chr. 1052
      • ;
    • Erl. 184, 15
      • .

  • Ne gé ne gaderion ða eár ðe bæftan eów beóþ ac lǽtaþ þearfan and útácymene hig lesan

    nec remanentes spicas colligetis, sed pauperibus et peregrinis dimittetis eas,

    • Lev. 23, 22
      • .
Etymology
[
Piers P. Wick. lese to glean
:
Goth. lisan
:
O. Sax. lesan
:
O. L. Ger. lesan to read
:
O. Frs. lesa
:
Icel. lesa
:
O. H. Ger. lesan legere, colligere
:
Ger. lesen.
]
Derived forms
á-lesan
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lesan.” 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/21528.

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