Leáf
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - leáf
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- leáf
- Add: I. leave :-- Búton se abbod him geþafunge mid leáfe sylle; sý þeáh seó leáf on ðá wísan ꝥ þǽr seó foresǽde bót fylige nisi forte abbas licentiam dederit per permissionem suam; ita tamen ut satisfaciat reus ex hoc, R. Ben. 69, 7. Þrowode Meotud on galgan be Fæder leáfe, Men. 87. Bútan Freán leáfe, Met. 11, 67. Þonne hé hæfð Drihtnes leáfe, 10, 67. II. what is right as being permitted :-- [Mennisc]lice léfe fas humanum (contra jus divinum et fas humanum, Ald. 72, 32), An. Ox. 5070.