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leás

  • adjective
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leás, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§426; §613; §633;
loose, free from, destitute or void of, without
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  • 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

    a land without light and full of flame,

    • 18
      • ;
    • Th. 21, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 333
      • .

  • Ríces leás

    powerless,

    • 19
      • ;
    • Th. 24, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 372
      • .

  • Búendra leás

    without inhabitants,

    • 5
      • ;
    • Th. 6, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 89
      • .

  • Alles leás écan dreámes

    void of all eternal joy,

    • 217
      • ;
    • Th. 276, 1
      • ;
    • Sat. 182
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 1705
      • ;
    • B. 850
      • .

  • Náge wé náne þearfe ðæt wé ðyses weorþan leáse ac utan dón swá ús þearf is gelǽstan hit georne

    we have no need to fail in this; but let us do, as there is need for us, diligently perform it,

    • Wulfst. 38, 13
      • .
vain, false, lying, deceitful, deceptive, faulty
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  • Leás

    pellax,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 60.

  • Solocismus

    biþ sum leás word on ðam verse,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 50
      • ;
    • Som. 51, 51
      • .

  • Ðonne sægde Petrus ðæt hé wǽre leás drý

    then said Peter that he was a false sorcerer,

    • Blickl. Homl. 175, 7
      • .

  • Hit is swíðe leás tóhopa

    falsus equus ad salutem,

    • Ps. Th. 32, 15
      • .

  • Hwæðer hit sig ðe sóð ðe s ðe gé secgaþ

    utrum vera an falsa sint, quæ dixistis,

    • Gen. 42, 16
      • .

  • Se leása gewita

    the false witness,

    • Deut. 19, 19
      • .

  • Se leása gylp

    vainglory,

    • Blickl. Homl. 59, 18
      • .

  • Mid leásre gecýðnesse

    with false witness,

    • 173, 35
      • .

  • Ne beó ðú on liésre gewitnysse ongén ðínne néhstan

    non loqueres contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium,

    • Exod. 20, 16
      • :
    • Wulfst. 40, 11
      • .

  • Leáse múðe

    with lying mouth,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 35
      • .

  • Sume sǽdon leáse cýðnesse ágén hine

    quidam falsum testimonium ferebant adversus eum,

    • Mk. Skt. 14, 57
      • .

  • Leáse sybbe ne sceal mon syllan

    feigned friendship must not be formed,

    • Glostr. Frag. 112, 14
      • .

  • Ðonne cumaþ leáse Cristas and leáse wítegan

    surgent enim pseudo-cristi et pseudo-prophetæ,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 24, 24
      • .

  • Ðás leásan spell

    hæc fabula,

    • Bt. 35, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 170, 15
      • .

  • Fram leásum wítegum

    a falsis prophetis,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 7, 15
      • .

  • Wiðsacaþ ðám leásum welum

    renounce the deceitful riches,

    • Blickl. Homl. 53, 23
      • .

  • Ða leásan godas

    false gods,

    • 201, 30
      • .

  • Fiscere ðone leásostan

    a fisherman most false,

    • 179, 14.
Etymology
[
R. Glouc. les
:
Prompt. Parv. Chauc. lees
:
Goth. laus empty, vain
:
O. Sax. lós free from; false
:
O. Frs. lás
:
Icel. lauss loose, free, void
:
O. H. Ger. lós levis, turpis
:
Ger. los.
]
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v.  -leás.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “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/21279.

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