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,
for-leán
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to reprehend strongly Þú scealt úpáhyfeðnysse forleón, Angl. xii. 517, 22
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fóster-leán
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gearwan-leáf
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ge-leáf
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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
gold-leáf
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A thin plate of gold Reste gewyrcan of marmanstáne ... mid goldleáfum gestrewed ymbútan, Wlfst. 263, 6
hoc-leáf
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Hocleáf malva Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 35. Hocleáfa maluarum An. Ox. 97. Add
leác-cærse
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Leáccersan, túnc[ersan] nasturcium Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 14. Add
leáf-helmig
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For 'frondicoma, Germ. 390' substitute On léthelmigum frondicomis Germ. 390, 102
lín-leáh
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A flax-field On línleáge geat, and ðonne on línleáge middewearde, C. D. ii. 172, 14. On línleáge eástewearde, v. 207, 21
mægen-leást
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Sum lícðrowere náhte his féðes geweald . . . hé wolde geneálǽcan his hulce, gif hé mihte. Þá ofhreów ðám munece þæs hreóflian mægenleást, Hml. Th. i. 336, 11. Sume hí bebyrigan woldon, ac hí hrædlíce for mægenleáste swulton, 404, 2 : Hml. A. 68, 79. Gif
mete-leást
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Þǽr onsæt mycel hungor, and seó mycele wǽdl þǽre meteleáste genyrwde ealle þá landleóde fames incubuerat, magnaque onmes alimentorum indigentia coangustabat, Gr. D. 145, 6. Hú mage wé þus feáwa feohtan ongeán þás meniu, nú wé synd gewǽhte mid gewinne
ortgeard-leáh
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Orcerdléh (mistakenly translates) pomerium, Hpt. 31, 11, 220
reád-leáf
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Dele '(?)', and add Andlang mearce tó reádléfan bécan, C. D. iii. 14, 7. On þæt reádleáfe treów; of ðám reádleáfan treówe, C. D. B. ii. 246, 28. (?)
wæter-leást
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For wæterlíste, Ps. Spl. 105, 14. Add
wit-leást
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Widtlǽste uesaniae, An. Ox. ii. 174. Add
ynne-leác
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Ynnileác unio, An. Ox. 53, 14. Add
and-leán
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wíf-leást
Lack of women
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Lack of women Menn hæfdon on frymðe heora mágan tó wífe, and swá wel mósten for ðære wífleáste, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 216