leás-tyhtan
To wheedle ⬩ flatter
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To wheedle, flatter Leástyhtendum lenocinantibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 15
leás-tyhtung
Wheedling ⬩ flattery ⬩ cajolery
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Wheedling, flattery, cajolery Leástihtinge lenocinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 68
leóht-berend
Lucifer
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Lucifer Leóhtberend Lucifer, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 19. Ðá wæs ðæs teóþan werodes ealdor swíðe fæger and wlitig gesceapen swá ðæt hé wæs geháten Leóhtberend, Homl. Th. i. 10, 22. Se hátte Lucifer, ðæt ys Leóhtberend, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 35
leóht-fæt
A lamp ⬩ light ⬩ lantern
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A lamp, light, lantern Leóhtfæt lucernarium, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 55; Wrt. Voc. 26, 54. Ðínes líchaman leóhtfæt is ðín eáge lucerna corporis est oculus, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 22. Leóhtfatu lampades, 25, 1. Judas com mid leóhtfatum Judas venit cum lanternis,
leóht-ísern
A candlestick
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A candlestick Léhtísern candelabrum, Mt. Kmnl. Lind. 5, 15: Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 21: Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 16
leóþ-gidding
A poem ⬩ song
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A poem, song, Andr. Kmbl. 2956; An. 1481
Linked entry: gidding
leóþ-sang
A song ⬩ poem
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A song, poem In swinsunge leóþsanges in modulationem carminis, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 35. For his leóþsongum cujus carminibus, S. 596, 36
leás-ferhþ
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False, fickle (?) Næs hé ofermód ne níðig ne leásferhþ (-fyrhþ, v. l. ), Nap. 41
Linked entry: ferhþ
léh
lye
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lye
clæc-leás
Free ⬩ immunis
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Free; immunis Clæcleás immunis, Cot. 104. Clacleás [clacles MS.] free, Hick. Thes. i. 149, 51, 57
Linked entry: clacu
ealdor-leás
Lifeless ⬩ vita prīvātus
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Lifeless; vita prīvātus Hie gefricgeaþ freán úserne ealdorleásne they shall hear our lord [is] lifeless, Beo. Th. 5998; B. 3003
Linked entry: aldor-leás
ge-leáfa
Belief ⬩ faith ⬩ confidence ⬩ trust ⬩ fĭdes ⬩ fĭdūcia
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Belief, faith, confidence, trust; fĭdes, fĭdūcia Se rihta geleáfa us tǽcþ, ðæt we sceolon gelýfan on ðone Hálgan Gást the right faith teaches us that we should believe in the Holy Ghost, Homl. Th. i. 280, 22 : Elen. Kmbl. 2070; El. 1036. Geleáfa fĭdes
wíþig-leáh
A meadow where willows grow
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A meadow where willows grow (a place-name) Ðis synt ða landgemǽro tó Wíðileá . . . Ðis is ðæra feówer hýda landbóc æt Wíðigleá, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 457, 13-23
brémel-leáh
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A lea covered with brambles On bré-merleáh; of brérnerleá, C. D. iii. 80, 26
gár-leác
GARLIC ⬩ allium
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GARLIC; allium Gárleác allium, Ælfc. Gl. 41; Som. 63, 111; Wrt. Voc. 30, 59 : 286, 6. Genim gárleáces þreó heáfdu take three heads of garlic, L. M. 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 234, 19. Gárleáces iii clufe three cloves of garlic, 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 350, 8. Nim gárleáces
Linked entry: gaar-leece
leás-bregd
False ⬩ deceitful ⬩ cheating
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False, deceitful, cheating Ðú leásbréda feónd and fácnes ordfruma, Homl. Skt. 6, 314
Linked entry: brægd
leás-bregdende
Wily ⬩ deceitful
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Wily, deceitful Hund síðon líhþ se leásbrédenda centies mentitur versipellis, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 31
Linked entry: bredende