leás-gewitness
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False witness Leásgewitnyssa, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 5
leás-lícettan
To dissemble ⬩ feign
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To dissemble, feign Leáslíccettan dissimulari, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 38
leás-lícettung
Dissimulation ⬩ pretence
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Dissimulation, pretence Næs hé begangende leáslícetunge he did not practise dissimulation, Guthl. 2; Gdwin 12, 18
Linked entry: lícettung
leás-ness
Levity ⬩ fickleness ⬩ falseness ⬩ lying
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Levity, fickleness; falseness, lying Þurh leásnesse per mendacium, Confess. Peccat. Ðæt ic swá wǽre álýsed fram ðære scylde ðære swýðe ídlan leásnesse ut sic absolvar reatu supervacuæ levitatis, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 30
leás-spanung
Seduction ⬩ allurement ⬩ enticement
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Seduction, allurement, enticement Leássponunge nec lenonum [lenocinium? ], Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 71
leás-spellung
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Idle, vain, or false talking Leásspellunga fabulationum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 14. Leásspellunga nenias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 74. Sóna swá hit forlǽt sóðcwidas swá folgaþ hit leásspellunga ut quoties abjecerint veras, falsis opinionibus induantur, Bt. 5, 3
leáw-finger
The forefinger
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The forefinger Leáwfinger, index, Ps. Th. 72, 11
leác-cærse
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'A cress with an onion-like smell, alliaria officinalis' E. D. S. Plant Names. Cockayne says 'erysimum alliaria,' Lchdm. ii. 318, 7: 320, 3. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 40, leáccærse id est túncærse glosses nasturcium
leác-weard
A gardener
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A gardener Leácweard holitor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 57. Lécueard hortulanus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 20, 15. Lécword, p. 8, 4
leáf-hlystend
A catechumen
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A catechumen [Ge?] leáfhlestend catechumenus, Hpt. Gl. 457, 12
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leás-ferhþness
Inconstancy ⬩ falseness ⬩ folly
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Inconstancy, falseness, folly Hú micel leóhtmódnes and leásferþnes quanta mentis levitas, Past. 43, 5; Swt. 313, 10
leás-gilp
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Vain-glory Ðæt hié ne wilnigen leásgielpes ne inanem gloriam quaerant, Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 24
leás-ólecung
Flattery ⬩ cajolery
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Flattery, cajolery Leásólecung lenocinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 68
leás-spell
fiction ⬩ fable
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A false story, fiction, fable Leásspel figmenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 43. Be swylcum menn leásspell secgaþ de qualibus fabulæ ferunt, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 26
leás-tyhtan
To wheedle ⬩ flatter
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To wheedle, flatter Leástyhtendum lenocinantibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 15
leás-tyhtung
Wheedling ⬩ flattery ⬩ cajolery
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Wheedling, flattery, cajolery Leástihtinge lenocinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 68
leás-ferhþ
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False, fickle (?) Næs hé ofermód ne níðig ne leásferhþ (-fyrhþ, v. l. ), Nap. 41
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léfan
to permit
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to permit