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abandonment, desolation,
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v. for-lǽtan; IV. 2
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  • Forlétnis

    desolatio,

    • Lk. R. L. 21, 20
      • .
neglect.
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Cf. for-lǽtan; IV. 2, VI. 1 c
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  • Of aldra in forlétnisse

    de parentum inspretione,

    • Mk. p. 3, 15
      • .
abandonment of principle, &c.
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v. for-lǽtan; VII. 2
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  • Seó anfengnes médsceata on dómum ys sóðfæstnesse forlǽtnes,

    • Ll. Lbmn. 476, 31
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cessation, intermission,
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v. for-lǽtan; VII. 3
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  • Ꝥ hié wacedon búton forlǽtnesse,

    • Bl. H. 145, 32
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relaxation of effort, remissness.
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v. for-lǽtan; VIII 1 b
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  • Sió forlǽtnes ðæs gódan weorces

    ipsa operandi remissio,

    • Past. 445, 14
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remission, pardon,
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v. for-lǽtan; VIII 5
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  • Wé sceolan gelýfan synna forlǽtnessa and líchoman ǽristes,

    • Bl. H. 111, 10
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  • Tó forlétnise

    ad ueniam,

    • Rtl. 103, 19
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  • In forlétnisæ

    (remissionem)

    synna,

    • Mt. L. R. 26, 28
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  • Forlǽtnesse,

    • Bl. H. 35, 36
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    • 129, 28
      • .
loss.
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v. for-lǽtan; VIII 6
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  • Æfter þǽra eágena forlǽtnysse,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 7
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putting away, dismission, divorce
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  • Of boec forlétnise

    de libello repudii,

    • Mt. p. 18, 8
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v. án-, betweohn-forlǽtness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-lǽtnes.” 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/45801.

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