ǽfen-leóþ
An evening song ⬩ vespertinus cantus
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An evening song; vespertinus cantus Atol ǽfenleóþ a dreadful evening song, Cd. 153; Th. 190, 18; Exod. 201
æg-léca
A wretch ⬩ miscreant
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A wretch, miscreant, Cd. 214; Th. 269,14; Sat. 73
Linked entry: ag-léca
ag-léca
A wretch ⬩ miscreant
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A wretch, miscreant
a-léfan
To permit ⬩ grant ⬩ permittere ⬩ concedere
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To permit, grant; permittere, concedere Ðæt he us ǽfre wille eard aléfan that he will ever grant us a dwelling, Cd. 115; Th. 272, 8; Sat. 116: 219; Th. 281, 27; Sat. 278. Aléfed permitted. Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 7
a-lege
lay down ⬩ depone
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lay down; depone Alege oððe ahwelf híg, eálá ðú Drihten cast down [or cover over] them, O Lord! depone eos, Domine! Ps. Lamb. 58, 12;
bearn-lést
Childlessness ⬩ want of children ⬩ liberorum defectus vel orbitas ⬩ eorum conditio qui liberis carent
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Childlessness, want of children; liberorum defectus vel orbitas, eorum conditio qui liberis carent For bearnléste for want of children, Bt. 11; 1; Fox 32, 6
bergels-leóþ
A burial ode ⬩ sepulcrale carmen
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A burial ode; sepulcrale carmen, Leo 116
byrgen-leóþ
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A tomb-elegy, an epitaph; sepulcrale carmen, epitaphium On his byrgenne is awriten byrgen-leóþ scriptnm est in tumba ipsius epitaphium, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 18
Linked entries: byrg-leóþ byrig-leóþ bergels-leóþ
car-leást
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Freedom from care, security, carelessness; securitas Ring on swefoum underfón carleáste getácnaþ to receive a ring in dreams betokens freedom from care, Lchdm. iii. 198, 21, 29: 210, 5
Linked entry: cear-leást
frió-léta
a freedman
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a freedman, Som. Ben. Lye
frum-leóht
First light ⬩ dawn ⬩ prīma lux ⬩ aurōra
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First light, dawn; prīma lux, aurōra To ðé ic wacige of frumleóhte ad te de lūce vĭgĭlo, Wanl. Catal. 47, 41
fýr-leóht
A fire-light ⬩ igneum lūmen
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A fire-light; igneum lūmen He fýrleóht geseah he saw a fire-light, Beo. Th. 3037; B. 1516
galdor-leóþ
A magic song ⬩ an enchantment ⬩ charm ⬩ spell ⬩ incantātio ⬩ carmen ⬩ incantāmentum
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A magic song, an enchantment, charm, spell; incantātio, carmen, incantāmentum, Cot. 188
heofon-leóht
Heavenly light
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Heavenly light, Andr. Kmbl. 1948; An. 976
hyge-leást
Thoughtlessness ⬩ foolishness ⬩ folly ⬩ heedlessness
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Thoughtlessness, foolishness, folly, want of wisdom, heedlessness Eálá gé cildra gáþ út bútan hygeleáste tó claustre oððe tó leorninge O vos pueri egredimini sine scurrilitate in claustrum vel in gymnasium, Coll. Monast. Th. 36, 9. Ne ús ne gedafenaþ
land-leód
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An inhabitant of a country Landleód accola, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 76: [in]digena, 28, 59. Eft hé frægn hwæðer ða ylcan landleóde Cristene wǽron rursus interrogavit, utrum iidem insulani Christiani essent, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 12: 4, 26; S. 602, 8. Ac hii ða
Linked entry: leód
land-leód
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The people of a country Se wer gebiraþ mágum, and seó cynebót ðám leódum; other reading:-- Ðam were habbaþ ða mǽgas and ðam cynebót se [seó?] landleód, L. Wg; Th. i. 190, 9, and note 14. Schmid p. 396 gives the further reading :-- Ðæt cynebót tó ðam
lár-leást
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Lack of learning or instruction Þurh lárleáste hí ne cunnon ne lǽdan ne lǽran hí through want of knowledge they cannot guide or teach them, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 28. Wé sceolon bodigan ðám lǽwedum ðý læs ðe hý for lárlýste losian sceoldan we must
leng-fǽrra
Similar entry: lang-fǽre
leód-burh
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A people's town, a town of a country, town occupied by a people Of ðysse leódbyrig [Sodom], Cd. 116; Th. 150, 33; Gen. 2501. Hé eaferum lǽfde lond and leódbyrig he to his children left his land and its towns, Beo. Th. 4933; Th. 2471