leás
Falsehood ⬩ falseness
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Falsehood, falseness Hí ongietaþ ðæt ðæt wæs leás and ídelness ðæt hí ǽr heóldon they perceive that that was falsehood and vanity that they formerly held; deprehenderint falsa se vacue tenuisse, Past. 58, 1; Swt. 441, 18. Ðæt leás, Elen. Kmbl. 1157;
leás
loose ⬩ destitute ⬩ void of ⬩ without ⬩ vain ⬩ false ⬩ lying ⬩ deceitful ⬩ deceptive ⬩ faulty
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loose, free from, destitute or void of, without Hé wæs ealra fyrena leás he was free from all sins, Blickl. Homl. 135, 2: Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 25; Cri. 123. Wer womma leás a man spotless, Cd. 188; Th. 233, 29; Dan. 283. Land leóhtes leás and líges full
Linked entry: -leás
-leás
-less
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-less. It is found in the cognate dialects
Linked entries: bysmer-leás car-leás
leás
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Add Sóðfæst verax, sóðsagol veridicus, leás fallax vel mendax, unsóðsagol falsidicus Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 17-20. of persons (or personifications). not truthful Ic cwæð þæt wǽron ealle menn ungemete leáse ego dixi, 'Omnis homo mendax,' Ps. Th. 115, 2. not
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
borh-leás
Void of security ⬩ fidejussore carens
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Void of security; fidejussore carens Gif hwá borh-leás orf habbe ... agife ðæt orf, and gilde xx oran if any one have cattle borhless [i.e. for which no borh has been given] ... let him give up the cattle, and pay twenty oran [which at 1s. 4d. each,
friþ-leás
Peaceless ⬩ not included in a treaty of peace ⬩ pācis expers
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Peaceless, not included in a treaty of peace; pācis expers Gif hwá ðæne friþleásan man healde if any one keep a peaceless man, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 5
Linked entries: friþe-leás friþ
wæstm-leás
Without fruit(lit. or fig.)
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¨ Without fruit(lit. or fig.) Ðæt word westem*-*leás geweorðæd verbum sine fructu efficitur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 22. Ðí læs ðe se Hláford ús wæstmleáse geméte, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 27. [Itt liþ uss wasstmeleas off alle gode dedess, Orm. 13858.]
leás-bregd
Deceit ⬩ fraud ⬩ a trick ⬩ cheat ⬩ wile
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Deceit, fraud, a trick, cheat, wile Hé hiwode þurh drýcræft fela leásbregda he performed many tricks by magic, Wulfst. 99, 16. Swicol on dǽdum and on leásbregdum, 107, 2. Þurh his leásbregdas, 252, 19. Mid leásbregdum earmum mannum derian to harm poor
leás-bregdness
Deception ⬩ falsehood
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Deception, falsehood, Leo. 220, 22
leás-fyrhte
false
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false Leásfyrhte is unrihtwísnys him mentita est iniquitas sibi, Ps. Spl. 26, 18
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-bregd
False ⬩ deceitful ⬩ cheating
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False, deceitful, cheating Ðú leásbréda feónd and fácnes ordfruma, Homl. Skt. 6, 314
Linked entry: brægd
leás-bregdende
Wily ⬩ deceitful
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Wily, deceitful Hund síðon líhþ se leásbrédenda centies mentitur versipellis, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 31
Linked entry: bredende
leás-cræft
deception
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A false art, deception Hé hié getýhþ tó eallum uncystum and tó ðære lufan ðisse worlde mid his leáscræftum he draws them to all vices and to the love of this world with his false arts, Blickl. Homl. 25, 12