leás
Falsehood ⬩ falseness
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Gif gé ðisum leáse leng gefylgaþ if longer ye follow this falsehood, 1148; El. 576. Bútan leáse truly, Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 12: Bt. Met. Fox 30, 36; Met. 30, 18
leás
loose ⬩ destitute ⬩ void of ⬩ without ⬩ vain ⬩ false ⬩ lying ⬩ deceitful ⬩ deceptive ⬩ faulty
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Leás pellax, Wrt.
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-leás
-less
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-less. It is found in the cognate dialects
leás
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Th. 115, 2. not real, false, pseudo- Leáse crístas and leáse wítegan, Mk. 13, 22. Þá leásan godu, Ap. 49. not to be trusted, perfidious, deceitful Leás fyrnhicge prostituta pellax An. Ox. 2940. Leás wiht (leáswiht ?)( Satan ), Sat. 727.
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
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leás-bregdness
Deception ⬩ falsehood
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Deception, falsehood, Leo. 220, 22
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
wæstm-leás
Without fruit(lit. or fig.)
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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-fyrhte
false
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false Leásfyrhte is unrihtwísnys him mentita est iniquitas sibi, Ps. Spl. 26, 18
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
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
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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
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