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leóht-sáwend

Linked entry: sáwend

leóht-sceáwigend

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Substitute: One who sees light

leór-ness

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leóþ-cræft

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Án þǽra wæs Sibylla þe áwrát on leóðcræftes wíson be Crístes ácennednesse, Hml. Th. ii. 18, 16. Add

leóþ-wrenc

(n.)
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leóþ-wrenc, es; m.
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A trick in a poem, a doubtful or spurious passage (?) Dyple obolisrnene . . . byð oft on Uirgilius bácum and on his leóðwrencum gesette, Angl. viii. 334, 19

Linked entry: wrenc

leng-togran

Similar entry: lang-toh

leód-bisceop

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Cnut cyning grét his arceb and his leód-biscopas, Cht. E. 229, 18. Add

leód-hata

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Gr. D. 163, 32. Add

leód-sceaþa

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Add: cf. þeód-sceaþa

leód-scipe

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Þæt folc of gehwilcum leódscipe þá stówe geneósiað, Hml. Th. i. 510, 12. For ðone cincg and ealne his leódscipe, C. D. iii. 315, 16. Cf. leód-rǽden. Add

leód-stefn

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Add: cf. þeód-stefn

leóf-líc

(adj.)
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Leóflicere laudabili . i. honorabili (fervore), An. Ox. 3919. Add

leóht-berende

(adj.)
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Steorra leóhtberende lucifer, Ps. Lamb. 109, 3. Add

leóht-brǽdness

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Substitute: Wantonness, levity, frivolity Þonne ys se óeth;er heáfodleahter gecweden gífernes . . . of þǽre bið acenned ungesceád bliss and sceandlicnes and leóhtbrǽdnes and ídelsprǽc (inepta laetilia, scurrilitas, levitas, vaniloquium), Verc. Först.

leóht-fæt

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Léhtfaet lanterna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 49. Leóhtfæt lampas, i. 284, 33: lampas vel lucerna vel lanterna, 81, 30. Leóhtfætes lanternę, ii. 52, 2. Man sceal habban . . . leóhtfæt, blácern, Angl. ix. 264, 21. Add

leóht-fǽtels

(n.)
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leóht-fǽtels, es; m.
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A lamp, lantern Leóhtfǽtels ł leóhtfæt lucernam, Ps. L. 17, 29

Linked entry: fætels

leóht-lic

(adj.)
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leóht-lic, of little weight.
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Add: of sin, venial Ðurh ðám streáwe and ðám ceafe sind getácnode leóhtlice synna, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 14. Hú deóp seó bóc ys on gástlicum andgite, þeáh þe heó mid leóhtlicum wordum áwriten sig, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 22

leás-bregden

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leás-fyrhte

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Be ðám árleásum . . . and be ðám leásfyrhtum, Nap. 42. Add

leás-óleccan

(v.)
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to flatter Wæs hit ꝥ seó tunge þára leásólecendra ( adulantium ) cweleþ þæs sáwle þe hí gehiéran lysteþ Gr. D. 34, 27