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lettan

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to hinder a person, thing, action, &c.
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  • Ne leteð non tricaverit (si lethi somnus palpebrarum convolatus

    nan tricaverit,

      Ald. 80, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 36.
  • Let,

      An. Ox. 8b, 6.
the action from which one is hindered given in genitive
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  • Wé þé þæs nú nellað lettan þæs þú ǽr geþóht hæfdest

    propositi tui ortnonomias dirumpere nolumus,

      Guth. Gr. 123, 20.
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