ā-ledon þā lēofne
þēoden
.
Beowulf
oflēt līf-dagas
and þās lǣnan gesceaft, 1623.
on-lǣtan, _to release, liberate_: pres. sg. III. þonne forstes bend fæder
on-lǣteð (_as soon as the Father looseth the frost's fetters_), 1610.
ā-lecgan, w. v. : 1) _to lay, lay down_: pret. sg. syððan hilde-dēor hond
ā-legde . . . under gēapne hrōf, 835; þæt hē on Bēowulfes bearm ā-legde
(_this_ [the sword] _he laid in B. 's bosom, presented to him_), 2195; pret.
pl.
ā-ledon þā lēofne þēoden . . . on bearm scipes, 34; ā-legdon þā tō middes
mǣrne þēoden _(laid the mighty prince in the midst_ [of the pyre]),
3142. --2) _to lay aside, give up_: siððan . . . in fen-freoðo feorh ā-legde
(_laid down his life, died_), 852; nū se here-wīsa hleahtor ā-legde, gamen
and glēo-drēam _(now the war-chief has left laughter_, etc. ), 3021.
leger, st. n. , _couch, bed, lair_: dat. sg. on legere, 3044.
lemian, w. v.
and þās lǣnan gesceaft, 1623.
on-lǣtan, _to release, liberate_: pres. sg. III. þonne forstes bend fæder
on-lǣteð (_as soon as the Father looseth the frost's fetters_), 1610.
ā-lecgan, w. v. : 1) _to lay, lay down_: pret. sg. syððan hilde-dēor hond
ā-legde . . . under gēapne hrōf, 835; þæt hē on Bēowulfes bearm ā-legde
(_this_ [the sword] _he laid in B. 's bosom, presented to him_), 2195; pret.
pl.
ā-ledon þā lēofne þēoden . . . on bearm scipes, 34; ā-legdon þā tō middes
mǣrne þēoden _(laid the mighty prince in the midst_ [of the pyre]),
3142. --2) _to lay aside, give up_: siððan . . . in fen-freoðo feorh ā-legde
(_laid down his life, died_), 852; nū se here-wīsa hleahtor ā-legde, gamen
and glēo-drēam _(now the war-chief has left laughter_, etc. ), 3021.
leger, st. n. , _couch, bed, lair_: dat. sg. on legere, 3044.
lemian, w. v.
