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á-lǽnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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á-lǽnan, p. de (not ede).
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to lend, grant the temporary use of
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  • Be ðám Engliscum gewritum ðe ic ðé álǽnde,

      Hml. A. 1, 4.

  • Hé wæs úre munuc, wé willað hine habban for þan þe wé hine álǽndon ǽr,

      Hml. S. 31, 1447.

  • Ðone ylcan (

    St. Martin

    ) þe hí ǽr álǽndon tó ðám biscopdóme of heora burhscíre,
      Hml. Th. ii. 518, 21.

  • Hé næfde þæt feoh him tó álǽnenne,

      178, 3.
of a lord's grant to a vassal
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  • Ǽlcon híredmen his onrid þe hé álǽned hæfde,

      Cht. Crw. 23, 25. (2 a) of God's grant to men :--
    Beó se ríca gemyndig þæt hé sceal ealra ðǽra góda þe him God álǽnde ágyldan gesceád, Hml. Th. i. 274, 2: ii. 102, 1.
of land,
to lease
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  • Hí ænlǽnað Ælfréde .XL. hída landes æfter ðǽre lǽna ðe Túnbryht ǽr álénde his yldran,

      C. D. v. 162, 24.
  • Ðæt land eóde eft intó ðǽre stówe ðe hit út álǽned wæs, iv. 267, 6.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-lǽnan.” 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/38430.

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