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leahter-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
leahter-leás, adj.

Faultless ⬩ innocent

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Faultless, free from defect, free from sin, innocent Forðon nis nán man leahtorleás quoniam nemo vitiorum expers est, L. Ecg. P. i. 9; Th. ii. 176, 16. Ðonne ðú óðerne man tǽle, ðonne geþenc ðú ðæt nán man ne byþ leahterleás, Prov. Kmbl. 3. Ic ða meorde

leáh-tún

Similar entry: leác-tún

leás-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
leás-líc, adj.

False ⬩ vain ⬩ frivolous

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False, vain, frivolous Wénþ ðæt hit hæbbe sum heálíc gód gestryned ... and mé þincþ ðæt hit hæbbe geboht sume swíðe leáslíce mǽrþe it supposes that it has gained some exalted good ... and methinks it has purchased a very false greatness, Bt. 24, 3; Fox

Linked entry: leás-ferhþness

leás-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
leás-líce, adv.

Falsely ⬩ deceptively

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Falsely, deceptively Leáslíce falso, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 35. Leáslíce geclypode oððe áwritene pronounced or written wrongly, 50; Som. 51, 52. Hit biþ swíðe leáslíce on siolufres hiewe [stannum] argenti speciem mentitur, Past. 37, 3; Swt. 269, 3: Bd

leás-sagol

(adj.)
Grammar
leás-sagol, adj.
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Saying what is false, mendacious Se ðe wǽre leássagol weorðe se sóðsagol he that told lies, let him tell the truth, Wulfst. 72, 16

leód-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
leód-bealu, wes; n.

Harm

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Harm or bale which affects a people, Beo. Th. 3448; B. 1722: 3896; B. 1946

leód-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
leód-hwæt, adj.

Very brave

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Very brave [cf. leód a prince?] Se leódhwate lindgeborga, Elen. Kmbl. 21; El. 11

Linked entries: lind-hwæt lind-geborga

leóht-beámed

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-beámed, adj.
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Having bright beams or rays Sind sume steorran leóhtbeámede, fǽrlíce árisende and hrædlíce gewítende, Homl. Th. i. 610, 2

Linked entry: -beámed

leóht-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-líc, adj.

Light ⬩ bright ⬩ shining

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Light, bright, shining Lyftfæt leóhtlíc [the moon], Exon. 108 a; Th. 411, 21; Rä. 30, 3

leóht-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
leóht-líce, adv.

Lightly ⬩ slightly ⬩ gently ⬩ easily ⬩ quickly

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Lightly, slightly, gently, without trouble or effort, easily, quickly Swá swá leóhtlíce gebylged quasi leviter indignata, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 24. Swá swá hé leóhtlíce onslǽpte quasi leviter obdormiens, 4, 11; S. 580, 2. Geswét swíðe leóhtlíce mid hunige

Linked entries: leóht-líc líht-líce

leóþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
leóþ-líc, adj.

Poetical

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Poetical Beda ðises hálgan líf ǽgðer ge æfter ánfealdre gereccednysse ge æfter leóþlícere gyddunge áwrát Bede wrote this saint's life both in prose and in verse, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 1

líc-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
líc-leóþ, es; n.

dirge ⬩ epicedion

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A funeral song, dirge; epicedion, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 2

lim-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
lim-leás, adj.
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Without limbs His (Christ's) gástlíca líchama, ðe wé húsel hátaþ, is of manegum cornum gegaderod, búton blóde and báne, limleás and sáwulleás, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 22

mægen-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
mægen-leás, adj.

Without strength ⬩ powerless ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble

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Without strength, powerless, weak, feeble Mægenleás enervis, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 6: elumbis, Germ. 396, 216. Seó sáwul, gif heó næfþ ða hálgan láre, heó biþ ðonne weornigende and mægenleás, Homl. Th. i. 168, 33. Icel. megin-lauss.]

mægen-leást

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-leást, e; f.

Weakness ⬩ feebleness ⬩ impotence

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Weakness, feebleness, impotence Ðá ofhreów ðam munece ðæs hreóflian mægenleást ( inability to walk ), Homl. Th. i. 336, 11. Módes mægenleást weakness of mind, ii. 220, 5. Hí ne mihton for heora mægenleáste ða meniu bewerian ( of the Jews reduced by famine

mǽg-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽg-leás, adj.

Without kinsmen

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Without kinsmen Gif hé sí mǽgleás if he have no kinsmen, L. Eth. ix. 24; Th. i. 344, 28: L. In. 23; Th. i. 116, 16: L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 24. Fædrenmǽga mǽgleás mon a man having no kinsmen on the father's side, L. Alf. pol. 27; Th. i. 78, 20

mǽgþ-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽgþ-leás, adj.

Belonging to no family ⬩ not of distinguished family ⬩ ignobilis

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Belonging to no family, not of distinguished family; ignobilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 73

meaht-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
meaht-leás, adj.

Powerless

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Powerless Ðonne ( at the day of judgement ) stent ealra hergea mǽst heortleás and earh, mihtleás and áfǽred, Wulfst. 137, 23

mód-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-leás, adj.

Spiritless ⬩ dull ⬩ excors

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Spiritless, dull; excors, Kent. Gl. 400

mód-leást

(n.)
Grammar
mód-leást, e; f.

Want of courage ⬩ pusillanimity

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Want of courage, pusillanimity Ðá wearþ se wælhreówa wódlice geancsumod, ðæt his mágas ne mihton his módleáste ácuman, ac héton ácwellan ðæt mǽden, Homl. Skt. 9, 125. [Þe sixte unþeau is þet þe ðe to lauerd bið iset þet he for modleste ne mei his monnan

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