leásung
fiction ⬩ falsehood ⬩ falseness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ deception ⬩ deceitfulness ⬩ artice
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Rdr. l09, 151. Búton ðú forlǽte ða leásinga, weohweorðinga, Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 13; Jul. 179: Elen. Kmbl. 1375; El. 689.
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leax-heáfod
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Lex heáfod capital, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128. 43. ?
lec
sweet
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sweet Lec dulcia, Hpt. Gl. 411, 47
leccan
To moisten ⬩ wet
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Leohte ðæt líðe land lago yrnende, Cd. 12; Th. 13, 30; Gen. 210. Seó wæs wætrum weaht and wæstmum þeaht lagostreámum leoht it was refreshed by the waters, covered with various growths, irrigated by running streams, 91; Th. 115, 21; Gen. 1923.
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léf
Weak ⬩ injured ⬩ infirm
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Weak, injured, infirm Léf debilis, Germ. 389. On fýre hí ne lyst lócian gif se æppel léf biþ men do not like to look at fire if the apple of the eye be injured, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 204, 29.
léf
Hurt ⬩ damage ⬩ injury
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Hurt, damage, injury Ðeore feórþan niht gif wind byþ léf byþ litel if there is wind on the fourth night, the damage will be little, Lchdm. iii. 164, 17
leger-stów
A burial-place ⬩ cemetery
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Cyricean ðe legerstów on sý a church at which there is a burial-place, L. Edg. i. 2; Th. i. 262, 12: L. C. E. 11; Th. i. 366, 24: 3; Th. i. 360, 23.
leger-wíte
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A fine for lying with a woman, L. H. 23; Th. i. 529, 23: 81; Th. i. 589, 3
lemian
To lame ⬩ cripple ⬩ enfeeble ⬩ strike
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To lame, cripple, enfeeble, strike[?] Swá wildu hors ðonne wé hié ǽresð gefangnu habbaþ wé hié stráciaþ mid brádre handa and lemiaþ equos indomitos blanda pries manu tangimus, Past. 41, 4; Swt. 303, 11.
lencten-ádl
A fever
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Wið lenctenádle, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134, 28: 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 12
lencten-bryce
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A breach of the Lenten fast Gif hwá openlíce lengctenbryce gewyrce, L. C. S. 48; Th. i. 402, 29
lencten-sufel
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Food for the spring or for Lent Syster beána tó længtensufle i. sester fabe ad quadrigesimalem convictum, L. R. S. 9; Th. i. 436, 31
lenden-brǽð
A loin
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Sió helt ða lendenbrǽdan it [the liver] has a hold on the false ribs, L. M. 2, 17; Lchdm. ii. 198, 1
leng
Length ⬩ height ⬩ stature
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L.] oferstíge ða niht never let the holy Easter-day be celebrated, before the length of the day exceed the night, Lchdm. iii. 256, 13.
leód-geard
country
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Ethiopia land and leódgeard, 12; Th. 15, 6; Gen. 229: 85; Th. 106, 18; Gen. 1773
leód-geþyncþ
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Rank existing amongst a people Be leódgeþincþum, L. R.; Th. i. 190, 10
leód-rúne
A witch ⬩ pythonissa
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Laym. 9121 seolcuðe leodronen [tocke, 2nd. MS.]: leoten weorpen fondien leodrunen [incantations ], 15499, 15511: leodrunen [deorne rouning, 2nd MS.], 14553
leóht
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear
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Léga leóhtost brightest of flames, 9, 33; Met. 9, 17