leóf
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used as a form of address to one or to many, cf. modern 'dear sir' Wé biddap ðé leóf ðæt ðú hlyste úre sprǽce oramus, domine, ut audias nos, Gen. 43, 20: 3, 10 : Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 5, 14. Ðá cwæþ ðæt wíf tó him leóf ðæs mé þingþ ðú eart wítega dicit
leáfa
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and add Hié gesetton . . . ꝥ þá woruldhláfordas móston mid hiora leáfan . . . fiohbóte onfón, Ll. Th. i. 58, 7. Bútan bisceopes leáfan sine venia episcopi ii. 170, 21. Be his scriftes leáfan cum confessarii sui venia 224, 33
-leáfe
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Cerdices leáh
Cerdic's ley ⬩ Cerdăci campus
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Cinric] fuhtan wið Bryttas on ðære stówe ðe is gecweden Cerdices leág [MS. Land ford] in this year Cerdic and Cynric fought against the Britons at the place which is called Cerdic's ley, Chr. 527; Th. 26, 30-33, col. 3
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
LEÓF
LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one
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LIEF, desirable, pleasant, acceptable, loved, beloved, dear; used substantively, one who is dear, a friend, loved one Se ðe gód onginneþ and ðonne áblinneþ ne biþ hé Godes leóf on ðæm néhstan dæge he who begins good and then ceases, will not be God's
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-leás
-less
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-less. It is found in the cognate dialects
leás
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Leáse sceáweras spies B. 253.
leáh
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Leág, lǽg lexiva Txts. 74, 591. Lǽcedónias wiþ miclum heáfodece . . . and sealf tó þon ilcan, and leáh and eágsealfa, Lch. ii. 172, 28 : 302, 23. Add
leád
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Add: lead Hét se cásere his cwelleras feccan ǽnne ǽrenne hwer and hine áfyllan mid weallendum leáde . . . Hé ( St. George ) bletsode ꝥ leád and læg him onuppan, and ꝥ leád wearð ácolod, Hml. S. 14, 104-115. Leádes clynum mastigiis Wrt.
leáh
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In l. 12 after Kmbl. insert ii. and add Þurh ðone leá on ðám leáge; þurh ðone lytlan leá westeweardne . . . þurh ðone leá norðeweardne, C. D. v. 207, 12-23
leán
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Fultum oððe leán emolomentum Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 29. Mænifealde leán gelumpon copiosa (animaruni) emolumenta (Christo) prouenerunt An. Ox. 2633. Þéh þe hié him leána tó þǽre dǽde wénden, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 18.
leás
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Add: what is untrue, untruth Sege ús nú sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, Hml. S. 23, 590. what is incorrect Micel yfel déð sé ðe leás wrít, búton hé hit gerihte, Hml. Th. ii. 2, 23
leáh
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Fram ceddan leáge tó langan leáge . . . fram langan leáge, C. D. ii. 73, 21. In illud septum tó brádan leáge, transitque illo septo brádan leáge, iii. 383, 18. On ceaforleáhe; of ðǽre leáhe, 77, 26 : 79, 2. v. fyrs-, gemót-,, Add
leác
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Leác alium, 6, 53: allium i. 78, 72. Hé leác sette he planted vegetables Shrn. 61, 20. v. cípe-, rysc-leác, fugeles leác. Add
leax
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Hé wearp út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormǽte leax, Hml. S. 31, 1275. Him mon þá mettas selle þá þe late melten, leax and þá fixas þá þe late meltan. Lch. ii. 176, 23. Add
leán
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Gif hé self drohtað on ðám eordlicum tielongum ðe hé óðrum monnum leán sceolde, Past. 133, 5. Tó gehiéranne suá hwæt suá wé him áuðer oððe leán oððe lǽra[n] wiellen to hear whatever we may dissuade them from or persuade them to 303, 7
leóf
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Add: to one person 'Hæfst þú ǽnig gedeorf?' 'Geá, leóf, ic hæbbe,' Coll. M. 20, 11. 7. Ealra manna hláford . . . wé biddað þínne cynescipe . . . hí under ðé, leóf, on yfele þurhwunedon, Hml. S. 23, 284. Leóf, ic ðé cýðe hú hit wæs ymb ðæt lond, C. D.