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ár-leás

  • adjective
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Grammar
ár-leás, def. se ár-leása; adj. [ár, leás].
Wright's OE grammar
§426; §633;
void of honour, honourless, disgraceful, infamous, wicked, impious; inhonestus, impius, infamis
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  • Him árleáse cyn andswarode

    the honourless race answered him,

    • Cd. 114; Th. 149, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 2475 : 91
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    • Th. 116, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 1934
      • .

  • Hleór geþolade árleásra spátl

    my face endured the spittle of the impious,

    • Exon. 29 a ; Th. 88, 7
      • ;
    • Cri. 1436
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1668
      • ;
    • El. 836
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  • Ða árleásan

    the impious men,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1117
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    • An. 559
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  • Wið ðam árleásestan eretice

    against the most wicked heretic,

    • Bd. 4, 17 ; S. 585, 43
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  • Forweorþaþ se árleása

    the wicked perisheth,

    • Ps. Spl. 9, 5
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    • Ps. Lamb. 1, 4, 5
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  • Ðú scealt hweorfan árleás of earde ðínum

    thou shalt depart infamous from thy dwelling,

    • Cd. 48; Th. 62, 24
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    • Gen. 1019
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    • Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 25
      • ;
    • Cri. 1430
      • .
pitiless, merciless, cruel; crudelis
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  • Maximianus, árleás cyning, cwealde cristne men

    Maximian, the cruel king, slew Christian men,

    • Exon. 65 b; Th. 243, 1
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    • Jul. 4
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ár-leás.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/2133.

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