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LÚTAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
LÚTAN, p. leát; pl. luton; pp. loten
Wright's OE grammar
§496;
To lout, bow, bend forward, stoop, fall down before one
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  • Hé lúteþ æfter

    he boweth after it,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 806
      • ;
    • Sal. 402
      • .

  • Leótt [hleát, Lind.] tó fótum his

    procidit ad pedes ejus,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush, 5, 22
      • .

  • Hé árás and ðá tó eorþan leát

    he rose up, and then bowed to the ground,

    • Guthl. 17
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 74, 7
      • .

  • Hé leát tó ðæs cáseres eáre

    he bent down to the emperor's ear,

    • Homl. Th. i. 376, 28
      • .

  • Ðæt heofonlíce wolcn leát wið his and hine genam

    the cloud from heaven stooped towards him, and received him,

    • 296, 2
      • .

  • Hé forþ leát on his andwlitan

    procideret in faciem,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 569, 11
      • .

  • Hé leát forþ ðæt him man áslóh ðæt heáfod of

    he bent forward so that his head was struck off,

    • Ors. 6, 34
      • ;
    • Bos. 130, 16
      • .

  • Hé leát forþ tó ðæm men ðe hine sleán mynte,

    • Blickl. Homl. 223, 7
      • .

  • Gásta unclǽnra lutun tó him

    spiritus inmundi procidebant ei,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 3, 11
      • .

  • Loð and Josue luton wið heora

    (the angels they saw),

    • Homl. Th. i. 38. 21
      • .

  • Ðeáh heó onsíge and lúte tó ðære eorþan

    though she [the sun] sink and stoop to the earth,

    • Bt. 25
      • ;
    • Fox 88, 25
      • .

  • Forþ lúten wé

    procidamus,

    • Ps. Surt. 94, 6
      • .
Etymology
[
R. Glouc. Chauc. Piers P. loute
:
Icel. lúta to bow down.
]
Derived forms
á-, ge-, on-, under-lútan
Linked entries
v.  ge-loten dæg oððe ofernón.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “LÚTAN.” 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/21913.

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