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fore-lár

(n.)
Grammar
fore-lár, e; f.

Preaching

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Preaching Forebod ł forelár praedicatio, Mt. p. 14, 3

Linked entry: lár

lár-sum

(adj.)
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lár-sum, adj.
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Ready to learn, docile Sién wé snotre . . . and lár*-*sume, Verc. Först. 95, 23

lár-lic

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Cf. lár; Þá sind blinde þe þæt leóht ðæs lárlican andgites nabbað, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 30. persuasive. Cf. lár; lǽran ; 1 Hé hine getrymede mid his lárlicum wordum ( verbis persuasoriis ), Gr.

bóc-lár

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-lár, e; f.

Book-learning, learningdoctrina

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[lár lore, learning] Book-learning, learning; doctrina Blind biþ se láreów, gif hé ða bócláre ne cann blind is the teacher, if he know not book-learning, L. Ælf. C. 23; Th. ii. 352, 6

lár-spell

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Marcus, þe wæs mid Petre on láre, wrát þá óðre bóc ( the second gospel) be Petres bodunge be þám þe hé geleornode on his lárspellum (the discourses in which he (Peter) instructed Mark ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 35.

lár-cræft

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In l. 1 after hæbbe add bóca onbyrged, in l. 2 after onlocen add Libia and Gréca, and add: knowledge acquired by study, erudition Tó rǽdingum . . . geǽmtigion hí silfe . . . and eác tó drihtlicum lárum and tó mænigfealdum lárcræftum lectioni . . . uacent

folc-lár

(n.)
Grammar
folc-lár, e; f.

Popular instructiona sermonpŏpŭlāris institūtio vel instructiohŏmīliasermo

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Popular instruction, a sermon; pŏpŭlāris institūtio vel instructio, hŏmīlia, sermo, Cot. 143, Som. Ben. Lye

lár-swic

(n.)
Grammar
lár-swic, es; m. n.[?]

Deceptionseductiondelusiontreachery

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Deception, seduction, delusion, treachery Mycel is nýdþearf manna gehwylcum, ðæt hé wið deúfles lárswice warnige symle, Wulfst. 309, 14

bóc-lár

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He sceal bóclárum hlystan, Wlfst. 267, 6. Add

folc-lár

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Folcláre omeliae verba, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 42. In þám folclárum þæs godspelles (in homiliis euangelii), Gr. D. 290, 10: 286, 7. For ' Cot. . . . Lye' substitute

Lǽden-lár

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-lár, e; f.
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Latin lore, knowledge of Latin Sé þe þurh Lǽdenláre rihtne geleáfan understandan ne cunne geleornige húru on Englisc, Wlfst. 124, 29: 126, 23

lár-bóc

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Hé áwearp his lárbóc he flung away the book he was learning from Hml. S. 4, 189. Paulus cwæð on his lárbócum ( in his epistles ), Hml. A. 77, 108. Add

lár-fæsten

(n.)
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lár-fæsten, es; n.
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A fast imposed as discipline Ǽfæstenu . . . and mínra dǽda gewitena lárfæstenu ic oft ágǽlde, Angl. xi. 99, 63

mis-lár

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Substitute : Incitement to evil, suggestion Sé þe gelustfullunge gemídlað gálfulre misláre ( auggestionis ), Scint. 88, 7. Gif forman misláre (suggestioni) ná byþ wiðstanden, 210, 10. Onþæslice gewilnunga flǽsclicra mislára inportunas desideriorum carnalium

word-lár

(n.)
Grammar
word-lár, e; f.
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(Verbal) teaching Swá dón hí . . . ꝥ. . . hí beón tó bysne óðrum ge an wordlǽre ( in uerbo), Chrd. 53, 22

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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Bringan lác and luftácen to bring gifts and love-tokens, Beo. Th. 3730; B. 1863. Lǽc munera, Ps. Spl. T. 14, 6. medicine Heofendlícere láe [ = heofenlícere láce] cælestis medicinæ, Hpt. Gl. 415, 36. Lác medicamine, 507, 77. Lác medicamenti, 527,18

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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See also scip-lád.

láf

(n.)
Grammar
láf, e; f.

remnantremainsrelicremainderrestlavelegacyheirlooma relictwidow

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Homera láfa swords, Beo.

Linked entries: lǽf

lám

(n.)
Grammar
lám, es; n.

Claymudmireearth

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Clay, mud, mire, earth Laam argilla, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 35; Wrt. Voc. 37, 25: Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 66. Lám a[r]gella, Wrt. Voc. 285, 7: limus, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 4: Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 81.

lah

(n.)
Grammar
lah, n.(?)

Law

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Law Ǽlc mynetere ðe betihtlad sí bicge him lah mid xii óran [cf. bicge him lage, Th. i. 294, 8] let every minter that is accused buy himself law with xii ores [v. lah-ceáp], L. Eth. iii. 8; Th. i. 296, 16

Linked entry: lah-ceáp