ǽ-lǽte
A divorced woman
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A divorced woman Ne gewífige on gehálgodre nunnan ne on ǽlǽtan ǽnig crísten man, Wlfst. 271, 13: 308, 9: Ll. Th. i. 318, 18. Ǽlǽten, 364, 26
lǽr-gedéfe
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Leorna láre lǽr gedéfe wene ðec in wísdóm. Exon. 806; Th. 303, 31; Fä. 61. In this passage Ettmüller and Grein take lǽrgedéfe as an adj. but lǽr may well be, as Thorpe takes it, the imperat. of lǽran, which verb naturally accompanies leornian
Linked entry: ge-défe
læt-hýdig
Slow-minded ⬩ dull
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Slow-minded, slow of thought, dull Nis mon on moldan ... ðæs læthýdig ðæt hine sé árgifa ealles biscyrge módes cræfta no man is there on earth so dull, that the bounteous giver hath quite cut him off from powers of mind, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 5; Crä.
ge-lǽt
leads
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leads,Mt. Bos. 7, 13;
ge-lǽr
Void ⬩ empty ⬩ vacuus
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Void, empty; vacuus, Som
Linked entry: lǽre
un-læt
Not slow ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ active
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Not slow, quick, ready, active Unlæt non pigra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 61. Wíga, unlæt láces ( death ), Exon. Th. 164, 5; Gú. 1007. Hræd and unlæt, 436, 9; Rä. 54, 11
Linked entry: læt
ge-lǽr
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Add: in a physical sense Gif hwá ofer gemet þigþ mete, þæs mon tilað þe eáþelícor þe mon raþor gedó ꝥ hé spíwe and gelǽr sié, Lch. ii. 240, 18. Þonne se geohsa of þǽre ídlan wambe cymð and of þǽre gelǽran, 62, 1. Þonne findest þú þá blǽdran gelǽre, 250
læt-ness
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slowness in movement Þǽre sunnan lætnys binnan feówer geára fæce gewyrcð ǽnne dæg, Angl. viii. 308, 30. Hé þá lætnysse ðæs geáres rynes geanbidode, Hml. S. 23 b, 647. slowness of intellect Þín gerecenes weóx fram mínre lætnysse and dysegan swongernesse
druncen-læt
Slow ⬩ lentus
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Slow; lentus, Cot. 124
lǽr-ness
Emptiness
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Emptiness Se cymþ of tó micelre lǽrnesse it [hiccup] comes of too much emptiness, L. M. 1, 18; Lchdm. ii. 60, 20
læt-líce
Slowly
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Slowly Ðá andswarode hé him lætlíce theft he answered him slowly, Guthl. 20; Gdwin, 80, 12. Lætlícor more slowly Exon. 118 a; Th. 454, 16; Hy. 4, 33
Linked entry: latlíce
læt-rǽde
deliberate
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Slow of counsel, deliberate Oft mon biþ suíðe wandigendre æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde and wénaþ menn ðæt hit síc for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe and biþ ðeáh for wisdóme and for wærscipe often a man will be very hesitating in every action,
ge-lǽr
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Add Seó gelǽre wamb venter uacuus, Chrd. 69, 30
dǽd-læt
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Slow to act, slothful. v. next word
druncen-læt
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This seems to be the gloss given as Lent, ... dru ... dryncwírig, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 9
ge-lǽt
Similar entry: wæter-gelǽt
lǽðan
To speak ill of ⬩ accuse ⬩ abuse ⬩ execrate ⬩ detest ⬩ hate
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To speak ill of, accuse, abuse, execrate, detest, hate Man call hyrweþ ðæt man scolde herian and láðeþ [lǽðeþ?] ðæt man scolde lufian people scorn what they ought to praise, and hate what they ought to love, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 167. Gif hwelc cymiþ
Linked entry: láðian
læð
Land
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Land Ðó swá ic lǽre beó ðé [Lchdm. ðú] be ðínum and lǽt mé be mínum ne gyrne ic ðínes ne lǽðes ne landes ne sace ne sócne ne ðú mínes ne þearft do as I advise; be thou with thine and leave me to mine; I desire nothing of. thine, neither lea nor land,
æ-léten
One let go ⬩ divorced ⬩ repudiata uxor
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One let go, divorced; repudiata uxor Ne on ælǽten ǽnig cristen mann ǽfre ne gewífige nor with one divorced let any Christian man ever marry, L. C. E. 7 ; Th. i. 364, 23