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Anglo-Saxon

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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

hearm-leóþ

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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

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