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leán

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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leán, p. lóg [a weak form also occurs (cf. Icel.) Se ðe wolde leógan oftost on his wordon, ealle hine leádan, ða ðe God lufedan,
  • Wulfst. 168, 17
    • .]
Wright's OE grammar
§70; §239; §329; §509;
To blame, reproach, find fault with, disapprove, scorn
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  • Ne leá ic ðé ná ðæt ðú ǽgðer lufige

    I blame thee not for loving either,

    • Shrn. 197, 2
      • .

  • Hý nǽfre man lyhþ se ðe secgan wile sóð æfter rihte

    a man that will rightly tell the truth will never blame them,

    • Beo. Th. 2101
      • ;
    • B. 1048
      • .

  • Ða ðe ðæt unliéfde leáþ and swá ðeáh dóþ

    qui accusant prava, nec tamen devitant,

    • Past. 55, 1
      • ;
    • Swt, 427, 12
      • .

  • Paulus ðæt yfel ðære forlegnesse swá manegum áwiergdum leahtrum lóh

    Paulus fornicationis vitium tot criminibus execrandis inseruit,

    • 51, 8
      • ;
    • Swt. 401, 26
      • .

  • Hé him lóh ðæt hé hæfde his bróðor wíf him tó cifese

    he reproached him with having his brother's wife as his concubine,

    • Shrn. 123, 1.

  • Nales wordum lóg méces ecge

    he brought no word of blame against the blade's edge,

    • Beo. Th. 3627
      • ;
    • B. 1811
      • .

  • Ðara manna ðe mé ðæt lógon ðæt ic ðǽm wegum férde

    hominum qui dixerant mihi ne festinarem,

    • Nar. 6, 27.

  • Ðone siðfæt him snotere ceorlas lythwón lógon

    prudent men a little blamed him for that journey,

    • Beo. Th. 408
      • ;
    • B. 203
      • .

  • Ne hié winedrihten wiht ne lógon,

    • 1729
      • ;
    • B. 862
      • .

  • Ne ðé silfne ne hera ne ðé silfne ne leah

    neither praise thyself, nor blame thyself,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 36
      • .

  • Herigaþ oft suá suíðe suá hié hit leán scoldon

    plerumque laudant etiam, quod reprobare debuerant,

    • Past. 17, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 111, 6
      • .

  • Ða déman beóþ swíðor tó herigenne ðonne tó leánne,

    • Blickl. 63, 21
      • .

  • Eal swilc is tó leánne nǽfre tó lufianne,

    • L. Eth, vi, 29
      • ;
    • Th. i. 322, 22
      • .

  • Bócláre leánde and unriht lufiende

    scorning booklearning and loving wrong,

    • Wulfst. 82, 2.
Etymology
[
Goth. laian; p. lailó to revile
;
O. Sax. lahan; p. lóg
:
Icel. lá; p. láðí to blame
:
O. H. Ger. lahan; p. luog vituperare.
]
Similar entries
v. be-leán.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “leán.” 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/21274.

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