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be-leógan

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Wé, ðe men syndon, beóþ ful oft belogene fram óþrum mannum fallimur qui homines sumus, Gr. 0. 40, 23. ¶ used impersonally, to be mistaken :-- Gif þú wilt geþencean hú mycel hine beleáh (hole much he was mistaken ), Bl. H. 189, 24. Add

candel-leóht

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For C. R. Ben. 53 substitute Se ǽfen swá sý gefadod þæt hý candelleóhtes æt ðám gereorde ne behófien, ac eallu ðing be dæges leóhte gefyllede sýn, R. Ben. 66, 7

em-leoht

(n.)
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em-leoht, es; n.
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The incorrect use (elision?) of m Emleohtes motacismi (= metacismi), An. Ox. 5473

Linked entries: el-leoht emm

freónd-leást

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Dele 'indigence.'

for-legen

adulterous

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Add: guilty of fornication, adulterous Cneórisse yfel and forlegene (adultera), Mt. R. 12, 39. Eallswá scyldig byð geteald se forlegena cniht swá ꝥ forlegene mǽden, Hml. A. 20, 152. For mé earmlicre forlegenre, Hml. S. 23 b, 598. Fúle forlegene hóringas

for-leges

Similar entry: for-legis

for-leógan

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to accuse falsely, bear false witness against: Ic nelle secgan unsoð on me sylfe, ꝥ ic wið þé ne syngie, gif ic mé sylfe forleóge, Hml. S. 12, 196. Se cniht hine sylfne forleáh, 208. Ðá sǽdon þá hýrédmen ꝥ hit sóð wǽre, and ealle mid áðe Eugenian forlugan

ge-leást

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Dele

ge-legen

Linked entry: -legen

ge-légeo

Similar entry: ge-légu

ge-lésan

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Dele second passage (v. ge-lǽswian), and see ge-lísan

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

leóht-berende

(adj.)
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Steorra leóhtberende lucifer, Ps. Lamb. 109, 3. Add

leóht-brǽdness

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Substitute: Wantonness, levity, frivolity Þonne ys se óeth;er heáfodleahter gecweden gífernes . . . of þǽre bið acenned ungesceád bliss and sceandlicnes and leóhtbrǽdnes and ídelsprǽc (inepta laetilia, scurrilitas, levitas, vaniloquium), Verc. Först.

leóht-fæt

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Léhtfaet lanterna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 49. Leóhtfæt lampas, i. 284, 33: lampas vel lucerna vel lanterna, 81, 30. Leóhtfætes lanternę, ii. 52, 2. Man sceal habban . . . leóhtfæt, blácern, Angl. ix. 264, 21. Add

leóht-fǽtels

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-fǽtels, es; m.
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A lamp, lantern Leóhtfǽtels ł leóhtfæt lucernam, Ps. L. 17, 29

Linked entry: fætels

leóht-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-lic, of little weight.
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Add: of sin, venial Ðurh ðám streáwe and ðám ceafe sind getácnode leóhtlice synna, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 14. Hú deóp seó bóc ys on gástlicum andgite, þeáh þe heó mid leóhtlicum wordum áwriten sig, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 22