lyffettan
- verb [ weak ]
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Ic lyffytte
adulor,
- Ælfc. Gr. 25 ;
- Som. 26, 63 .
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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 .
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Lyffetyndra tungan gewríðaþ manna sáwla on synnum
the tongues of flatterers bind the souls of men in sins,
- 494, 6.
Bosworth, Joseph. “lyffettan.” 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/21929.
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