léf
Hurt ⬩ damage ⬩ injury
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Hurt, damage, injury Ðeore feórþan niht gif wind byþ léf byþ litel if there is wind on the fourth night, the damage will be little, Lchdm. iii. 164, 17
leás-óleccend
Linked entry: óleccend
fíf-leáf
Fiveleaf ⬩ cinquefoil ⬩ potemilla reptans ⬩ quinquefŏlium
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Fiveleaf, cinquefoil; potemilla reptans, quinquefŏlium Fífleáfe, Ælfc. Gl. 43; Som. 64, 54; Wrt. Voc. 31, 64: 68, 69: 79, 33: 286, 40: Herb. 3; Lchdm. i. 86, 20. Fífleáfan seáw juice of fiveleaf, Herb. 3, 2; Lchdm. i. 86, 24. Genim fífleáfan wyrtwalan
sceam-leás
Shameless, bold; impudent, wanton
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Scam*-*lease procax 525, 57. Scomleás impudens Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 38. Selǽce biþ micles tó beald and tó scomleás ( praesumtione percussus ) ðe gǽþ lǽcnigende, and hæf þ on his ágnum nebbe opene wunde unlácnode. Past. 9, 2 ; Swt. 61, 3.
be-légan
To surround with flame ⬩ circumflagrare flamma
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To surround with flame; circumflagrare flamma Líge belégde surrounded with flame [Ger. umlodert mit lohe] Cd. 188; Th. 234, 22; Dan. 296
fearn-leás
Fernless, without fern ⬩ sine fĭlĭce
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Fernless, without fern; sine fĭlĭce, Hem. p. 86
þorf-leás
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Cf. þearf-leás, and preceding word
ge-leáf
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leave Geleáf licentia, Scint. 165, 4. Nime hé leáfe (geleáfe, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 386, 16. Cf. ge-leáfa
Féðan-leag
Frethern
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Frethern, Gloucestershire? — —] in this year [A. D. 584] Ceawlin and Cutha fought against the Britons at the place which is called Frethern, Chr. 584; Th. 34, 9
oawel-leáf
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A cabbage-leaf; brassicæ folium Nim cawel-leáf take cabbage-leaves, Lchdm. iii. 40, 24
ge-légu
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leáh(-g). In the following compounds Confiniae terrae, ab australi plaga Uuisleág . . . a septemtrionale Meósgelégeo (-leg- ?), C. D. B. i. 266, 26. On marge wei and Grimgelége, C. D. v. 136, 2. Wið ráhgeléga, iii. 391, 32
Linked entries: ráh-gelégu -légu ge-légeo
yrfe-leás
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Take to irfe-leás
æppel-leáf
An apple-leaf
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An apple-leaf
Linked entry: appel-leáf
brémel-leáf
the leaf of a bramble
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the leaf of a bramble
wín-leáf
A vine-leaf
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A vine-leaf Wínleáf pampinus, Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 73
bóc-leáf
The leaf of a book, a charter ⬩ folium codicis, charta, instrumentum donationis
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The leaf of a book, a charter; folium codicis, charta, instrumentum donationis
heorotbremel-leáf
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A leaf of the buckthorn Cnúa heorot-brénibelleáf. Lch. ii. 332, 6
Linked entry: heorot-brembel
ác-leáf
An oak-leaf ⬩ quercus folium
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An oak-leaf; quercus folium Ácleáf, Lchdm. iii. 311: L. M. 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 19
holen-leáf
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A Holly-leaf Genim holenleáfa micle twá handfulla, Lch. ii. 356, II. Genim eald holenleáf, 50, 10
LEÓGAN
To lie ⬩ deceive ⬩ feign
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Hér begann se deófol tó reccanne hálige gewrita and hé leáh mid ðære race here the devil began to expound holy writ, and he spake falsely in his exposition, Homl. Th. i. 170, 4.