Leahter-leás

Old English Dictionary Entry

Leahter-leás

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: Kmbl. 3. Ic ða meorde wát leahtorleáse

Definitions

1 leahter-leás

adj. Faultless, free from defect, free from sin, innocent :-- Forðon nis nán man leahtorleás quoniam nemo vitiorum expers est, L. Ecg. P. i. 9; Th. ii. 176, 16. Ðonne ðú óðerne man tǽle, ðonne geþenc ðú ðæt nán man ne byþ leahterleás, ProI know the reward to be faultless, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 14; Gú. 1060. Hié freóndrǽdenne fæste gelǽston leahtorleáse firmly should they friendship maintain, free from offence, Elen. Kmbl. 2415; El. 1209. leahter-leas

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛠᚻᛏᛖᚱ-ᛚᛖᚪᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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