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bót-leás

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ꝥ his grið sý bótleás, ꝥ hé mid his ágenre hand sylð, Ll. Th. ii. 292, 4. Open þýfðe and hláfordes searwu and ábǽre morð æfter woruldlagu is bótleás þing, Wlfst. 274, 24. Substitute: Not to be expiated by the payment of bót, that cannot be compensated

cræft-leás

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Cræftleásne þeówdóm ætíwað munecas iners servitium ostendunt monachi, R. Ben. I. 52, 1. Add

cráw-leác

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Cráwanleác poloten, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 11: hermodoctula vel tidolora, 79, 57. Add

crop-leác

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Cropleác serpulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 7. Crop*-*léc cipus, ii. 131, 48. Add

ealdor-leás

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Substitute: without a lord. v. ealdor, I God fyrenþearfe ongeat, þæt hí ǽr drugon aldorleáse, B. 15. without parents, orphan, v. ealdor, II Ne forlǽte ic eów aldorleáse ( = aldorleása orfanos, Jn. L. 14, 18), Bl. H. 131, 21

ed-leán

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Edleán recompensatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 28. Wiðerriht vel edleán hostimentum, 22, 24. Sigeleán ł edleán palma, Hpt. Gl. 482, 5. Edleánes recompensationis, 432, 71. Efenhlyttan þæs écan edleánes, Hml. Th. i. 84, 20. Ne bideþ hé æt ús nǽnig óþor edleán,

ege-leás

(adj.)
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ege-leás, adj.
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Without fear, without awe. Cf. ege-full, <b>II,</b> and see two following words

ellen-leás

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ende-leás

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Hwæþer þe éce líf and éce blisse, þe écne deáþ and endeleáse yrmðe, Wlfst. 23, 20. Ðerh endeleáso uoruldo per infinita saecula, Rtl. 180, 3. Add

feorh-leán

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Recompense for life saved Se yldra cyning wearð yrfeweard ingefolca . . . Woldon hié (the Egyptians) þæt feorhleán (what was due in consequence of the saving of life effected by Joseph when famine threatened, the reward for life saved) fácne gyldan,

feþe-leás

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Sum deáf man and féþeleás, ofer þone man becóm godcund wracu . . . Ꝥ hé ne meahte ne gehýran ne gangan. Ac hé gecreáp in þæs eádgan Berhtinus ciricean . . . Þá meahte hé gehýran and gangan, Shrn. 126, 22. For 'Footless' substitute: Without the power to

for-leán

(v.)
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to reprehend strongly Þú scealt úpáhyfeðnysse forleón, Angl. xii. 517, 22

Linked entry: leán

fóster-leán

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gearwan-leáf

Similar entry: georman-leáf

ge-leáf

(adj.)
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ge-leáf, adj.
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Having belief

hand-leán

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þonne hé þá handleán hafað and sceáwað, Hy. 2, 7, 12. Cf. hand-gift. Add

hám-leás

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Add: of a place, without a habitation Andlong paðes tó hámleássceagan, C. D. v. 194, 8

grund-leás

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Add: of an earthly pit, gulf, &amp;c. lit. bottomless, whose bottom has not been reached Andlang hagan tó ðám grundeliésan pytte, C. D. v. 148, 10. On ðone grundlǽsan pyt, vi. 41, 23. fig. Ne biþ se ðurst gefylled heora gítsunga, ac seó grundleáse

gold-leáf

(n.)
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gold-leáf, es; n.
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A thin plate of gold Reste gewyrcan of marmanstáne ... mid goldleáfum gestrewed ymbútan, Wlfst. 263, 6

heáfod-leás

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Se cwellere slóh þone cniht ꝥ hé læg heáfodleás, Hml. S. 12, 208 : Hml. A. 113, 369. Þæs bisceopes líc . . . árás and nam his ágen heáfod þe of áheáwen wæs, and eóde forð . . . his Drihten herigende . . . Ꝥ wæs syllic wundor ꝥ se martyr heáfodleás mihte