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lyffettan

  • verb [ weak ]
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lyffettan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§657;
To flatter, pay court to
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  • Ic lyffytte

    adulor,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 25
    • ;
    • Som. 26, 63
    • .
  • Ða byrþeras ðe hine tó byrgenne feredon synd ólæcunga lyffetyndra geférena

    the bearers who carried him to the grave are the blandishments of flattering companions,

    • Homl. Th. i. 492, 28
    • .
  • Lyffetyndra tungan gewríðaþ manna sáwla on synnum

    the tongues of flatterers bind the souls of men in sins,

    • 494, 6.
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v.  liffettan.
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