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  • Seó eahteóðe leahter, but in other MSS. it is masculine, and so in the other seven instances] :-- Scyld, lehter, mándǽd crimen, i.

    peccatum

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 2.

  • Hwæt ne cann sé ðe ealle ðing cann ? Hé ne cann nǽnne leahter, and hí wǽron mid leahtrum áfyllede,

      Hml. Th. ii. 572, 35.

  • Ne mæg synne on mé fácnes frumbearn fyrene gestǽlan, líces leahtor,

      Gú. 1045.

  • Þæs líchoman leah as and þá unþeáwas,

      Met. 22, 25.

  • Leahtra

    conuitiorum

    ,
      An. Ox. 5363.

  • Leahtra firene geseón on þám sáwlum,

      Cri. 1281.
  • Gelácnigan leahtra gehwylcne, yfel unclǽne, 1309.

  • Líchoman leahtra clǽne,

      Ph. 518.

  • Fácnes clǽne, leahtra leáse,

      Jul. 566.

  • Leahtrum

    flagitiis

    ,
      An. Ox. 2678.

  • Lahgtrum ł gyltum

    facinoribus

    ,
      4, 50.

  • Lehtrum scyldige,

      An. 1218.

  • Lǽnan lífes leahtras,

      Ph. 456.

  • Forgif ús gyltas and synna, and úre leahtras álǽt, líces wunda, and mándǽda,

      Hy. 6, 20, 23. v. heáfod-leahter, or-leahter, stæf-leahter.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “leahter.” 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/54380.

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