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læs

  • adverb
  • conjunction
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Grammar
læs, l. lǽs, and in last citation þinga for þing,
Wright's OE grammar
§556;
and add:
adv. or conj.
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  • Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt hé ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe wé hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs (

    all the less

    ) gyf heó hefð unhále,
      Solil. H. 35, 1.

  • Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs,

      36, 17.

  • Ðú hǽtst mé forlǽtan þá unrótnesse, ðý lǽst ic . . . þý mettrumra sí,

      49, 1.

  • Þe lǽste ( = lǽs þe) gehremde

    ne offenderet

    ,
      An. Ox. 3675.

  • Þe lǽste (

    ne forte

    ) beó gemétt bróþor ásolcen,
      Angl. xiii. 434, 982.
as subst.
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  • Ic oft wíscte ꝥ hyra lǽs wǽre swá gewinfulra,

      Nar. 2, 29.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “læs.” 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/54198.

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  • læs, adv.; con.

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