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to lend, grant temporary possession of a thing on the condition of the return of the same or its equivalent
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  • Be ðám monnum ðe heora wǽpna tó monslyhte lǽnað. Gif hwá his wǽpnes óðrum onlǽne (lǽne,

    v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 74, 1-3. I a. to lend for a consideration, lend (money) at interest :-- Gif bisceop . . . oððe hwylc Godes þeów lǽnð his feoh tó unrihtun gafole (pecuniam suam injusto foenore mutuam dederit ),

      Ll. Th. ii. 198, 14.

  • Be þám gehádodum mannum þe hyra feoh lǽnað tó hýre,

      194, 31.

  • Ys forboden ꝥ hé his feoh, ne his ǽhta (

    pecuniam suam vel possessiones

    ) tó nánum unrihtum gafole ne lǽne; ꝥ is ꝥ hé hine máran ne bidde tó ágyfanne þonne hé him ǽr lǽnde; ac for lufe lǽne gehwá óðrum his feoh and his ǽhta,
      194, 15-19.
to grant
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  • Se góda líchama þancode Gode ealre þǽre áre . . . þe hé him lǽnde,

      Wlfst. 237, 6.

  • Wísdóm lǽnende ł týðiende

    sapientiam praestans

    ,
      Ps. L. 18, 8.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/54179.

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