lærest
least
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least Æt ðam lærestan wlitewamme iii scillingas and at ðam máran vi scill. for the smallest disfigurement of the face iii shillings, for the greater vi shillings, L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15. As this seems to be the only instance in which this form occurs
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lærest
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s may be explained by Verner's Law
-lǽcness
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Læwes
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Lewes in Sussex Tó Læwe [other MS. Læwes] at Lewes, L. Ath. i. 14; Th. i. 208, 1. Æt Hamme wið Læwe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 388, 18. Hamme juxta Læwes, vi. 46, 11
-lǽred
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lǽrend
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Bepǽcend deceptor, lǽrend (printed læfend) seductor, lǽwend proditor Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 16-18. Drihten ꝥ ongeat, ꝥ se deófol þone Iúdas lǽrde ꝥ hé hine belǽwde . . . Wiste hé ꝥ hé on his godcundre mihte hæfde ǽghwæðer ge ðone lǽwend ge ðone lǽrend, Hml.
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-lǽtness
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lǽdness
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Add: v. onwegá-lǽdness, wiþ-lǽdness
lǽr-ness
Emptiness
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Emptiness Se cymþ of tó micelre lǽrnesse it [hiccup] comes of too much emptiness, L. M. 1, 18; Lchdm. ii. 60, 20
lǽne-
Transitory ⬩ transient ⬩ not enduring
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Transitory, transient, not enduring Cwæþ se godspellere Martha and Maria getácniaþ ðis lǽnelíce líf and ðis gewítendlíce, Blickl. Homl. 73, 9. Hér is seó lǽnlíc winsumnes ac ðǽr is seó syngale nearones in this world is the delight that endures not, but
-lǽcne
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lǽne
transitory ⬩ temporary ⬩ frail
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Granted as a lǽn [q. v.], granted for a time only, not permanent, transitory, temporary, frail [generally used as an epithet of things of this world when they are contrasted with those of the next] Ac ic wolde witan hweðer ðé þuhte be ðam ðe ðú hæfst
lǽre
Empty
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Empty [see next word.]
lǽre
Similar entry: earfoþ-lǽre
lǽne
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Ðæt wæs tó suíðe scortre hwíle, for ðǽm ðiós woruld is suíðe lǽnu in tempore paucorum dierum, Past. 255, 11. Sé ðe égðer wilt ge þissa lǽnena stóclífa ge þára écena háma, Solil. H. 2, 14. Add
æt-lǽtnes
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or ? æt-lǽdan)
for-lǽtnes
abandonment ⬩ desolation ⬩ neglect ⬩ abandonment ⬩ cessation ⬩ intermission ⬩ remissness ⬩ remission ⬩ pardon ⬩ loss ⬩ putting away ⬩ dismission ⬩ divorce
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Take instances from for-lǽtennes in Dict., and add: abandonment, desolation, Similar entries v. for-lǽtan; IV. 2 Forlétnis desolatio, Lk. R. L. 21, 20. neglect. Similar entries Cf. for-lǽtan; IV. 2, VI. 1 c Of aldra in forlétnisse de parentum inspretione
a-lǽtnes
A loss ⬩ losing ⬩ amissio
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A loss, losing; amissio, Somn. 326