læt
Late ⬩ slow ⬩ sluggish ⬩ tardy
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Ðæt hé ðý lætra biþ tó uncystum that it [the body] be the less ready to vices, L. E. I. 3; Th. ii. 404, 20.
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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sceal lǽtan hine selfne gelícne his hiéremonnum, Past. 17, 1; Swt. 107, 8. to behave towards, treat Ðam elþeódigan and útancumenan ne lǽt ðú nó uncúþlíce wið hine as regards the alien and foreigner do not behave unkindly towards him [cf.Icel. björn lætr
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lætt
A lath
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A lath Lætta asseres, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 42; Wrt. Voc. 26, 41. Latta vel reafteres asseres, 108; Som. 78, 123; Wrt, Voc. 58, 35
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læt
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One of a class that was inferior to that of the ceorl but above that of the slave. The word occurs only in the following passage Gif[man] læt ofslæhþ ðone sélestan lxxx scill. forgelde gif ðane óðerne ofslæhþ lx scillingum forgelde ðane þriddan xl scillingum
freó-lǽta
One made free ⬩ a freedman ⬩ libertus
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One made free, a freedman; libertus Freólǽta libertus, Ǽlfc. Gl. 8; Som. 56, 106; Wrt. Voc. 18, 55. Freó-lǽtan sunu the son of a freedman; libertīnus, 8; Som. 56, 107; Wrt. Voc. 18, 56
lǽþ
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a lathe. Take these together, and add On westan Cænt ðǽr ðæt land and ðæt lǽð tó líð, C. D. vi. 81, 19. Of Æglesforda and of ellan þám lǽþe þe þǽr tó líþ de Æilesforda et de toto illo lesto quod ad illum manerium pertinet, C. D. B. iii. 659, 25
læppa
A skirt ⬩ lappet ⬩ lobe ⬩ lap ⬩ a detached portion ⬩ a district
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A skirt [of a garment], lappet, lobe [of the ear &c.], lap [in dew-lap; cf. also lop-eared], a detached portion, a district Læppa óððe ende ora, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 51, 30. Hý móstan ðam læppan friþ gebicgean ðe hý under cyngces hand oferhæfdon
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lǽtere
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lǽssa
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In l. 18 for geleorrnan l. geleornian
læppa
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Lappa lanna, angulus auris Hpt. 33, 244, 8. Add
læssa
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and add: <b>A.</b> as adj. agreeing with a substantive expressed or understood. of size, extent in space Ic eom máre þonne þes middangeard, lǽsse þonne hondwyrm, Rä. 67, 2. Lǽssan ymbgang hæfð se mann þe gǽð ábútan án hús þonne sé ðe ealle
-lǽcea
lǽran
To teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ educate ⬩ to preach ⬩ to exhort ⬩ admonish ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ suggest
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To teach, instruct, educate, to give religious teaching, to preach, to teach a particular tenet or dogma, to enjoin a rule, to exhort, admonish, advise, persuade, suggest Ic lǽre instruo, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Som. 32, 4: erudio, 30; Som. 34, 60. Ic tý oððe
læssa
Less
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Less Se ðe lessa ys ys on heofena ríce him máre qui autem minor est in regno cælorum, major est illo, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 11. Hwæðere hé ðám ðe on sceare máran wǽron on ðám mægnum eáþmódnesse and hýrsumnesse nóhte ðon læssa wæs verum eis quæ tonsura majores
lǽtan
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III 2aα.</b> In l. 10 for Christus l. Christo
lǽran
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Add: to show the way (lit. or fig.) to a person Gáþ ealle on þone weg þe eów lǽraþ ðá foremǽran bisna þára gódena gumena, Bt. 40, 4; F. 238, 29. Simle ic þíne weogas wanhogan lǽrde doceam iniquos vias tuas Ps. C. 105. to show a person the way to or from
lǽtan
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Add: trans. to leave, allow to remain, abstain from taking away. with noun object Hé on fæstre stówe lét sum his folc, Ors. 4, 9 ; S. 190, 1. Hié þone óþerne dǽl þǽr léton þæt lond tó healdonne, 1, 10 ; S. 46, 21. Hwilce hwíle hine wille Drihten hér
lǽtere
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