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Leásere

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1 leásere

m. I. a false person, hypocrite :-- Leáseras l légeras falsos, Mt. Kmbl. p. 15, 8. II. one who feigns or acts, a buffoon, jester :-- Se wæs ǽrest sumes káseres mima, ðæt is leásere and sang beforan him scandlícu leóþ first he was some emperor's mima, that is, jester, and sang obscene songs before him, Shrn. 121, 9. Ðá gesealde hé ða fǽmnan his leáserum, 154, 23. Ðá hét hé his leáseres hine lǽdan tó ðæm wuda, 83, 18. [O. H. Ger. lósare dolosus.] leasere
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛖᚪᛋᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
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