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á-lesan

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Add: to pick out, select, excerpt Þá cwidas þe þú of þisum bócum álése, Shrn. 200, 15. Þá cwidas þe Ælfréd kinling álæs of þǽre béc, 204, 29. Hé geceás and álæs ( eligens ) ealle þá óðre lác and on sundron áléde, and þá þe Characterius sende hé áwearp

be-légan

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Dele, and see preceding word

freónd-leást

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Dele 'indigence.'

ge-leást

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Dele

ge-leóf

(adj.)
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ge-leóf, adj.
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Dear, affectionate, loving one another Mid geleófre férrǽdene contubernali sodalitate, Hpt. Gl. 461, 66. On þǽre fíftan cneórysse geleófe men hig móton gesamnigan in quinto propinquitatis gradu licet caris hominibus in matrimonium ire, Ll. Th. ii. 152

ge-lésan

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Dele second passage (v. ge-lǽswian), and see ge-lísan

híred-leóf

(adj.)
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híred-leóf, (?); adj.

friendlyfamiliar

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Dear to a family, friendly, familiar Gif of óþrum mynstre cúþum and híredlofum (-leófum?) bróþor ǽnig gecýdd byþ forþfaren si ex alio monasterio noto ac familiari frater quis nuntiatus fuerit defunctus, Angl. xiii. 445, 1146

Linked entry: híred-lof

hyge-leást

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Add: hyge-líst. folly, buffoonery, extravagance ꝥ ne higeleást geméte (ge higeleás méte, MS.) tende ut non scurilitas inveniat fomitem, R. Ben. I. 75, 17. Hé ætbréde his líchaman . . . of sprǽce and of higeleáste ( de loquacitate, de scurilitate), 86

lár-leást

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Hí ná cunnan náþor þurh lárleáste ne lǽdan ne lǽran, Wlfst. 276, 6. Add

leór-ness

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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

lemp-healt

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Substitute: Limp-halt (v. N. E. D. s. v.), halting Laempihalt, lemphihalt, lemp-halt, lemphald lurdus (cf. lordicare dorso incurvato incedere, Migne), Txts. 74, 589. Lemphealt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 3: 51, 20

Linked entry: healt

líf-leást

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Gif þás lác ne beóð bebrocene þurh Bel, beo hit úre lífleást (let us die), Shrn. 4, 5. Wé synd ealle beléwde tó úre lif-leáste traditi sumuss Add: —

mód-leást

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Add: despondency Se syxta unþeáw is ꝥ sé þe tó hláforde bið geset, ꝥ hé for módleáste ne mæge his mannum dón steóre, ac bið hin swá mihtleás on his módes strece, ꝥ hé his underþeóddan egesian ne dearr, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 5. Lǽcas cýddan þám fæder þæs

ceaster-leód

(n.)
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ceaster-leód, pl. leóde
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a citizen Þǽr úre bídaþ úre ceasterlióde, Nap. 12