"lætan" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈlæː.tɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *lātan. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*lātan}} Proto-West Germanic *lātan Head templates: {{ang-verb|lǣtan}} lǣtan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|lǣtan<s7>}} Forms: lǣtan [canonical], strong [table-tags], lǣtan [infinitive], lǣtenne [infinitive], lǣte [first-person, present, singular], lēt [first-person, past, singular], leort [first-person, past, singular], lǣtst [present, second-person, singular], lēte [past, second-person, singular], leorte [past, second-person, singular], lǣtt [present, singular, third-person], lǣt [present, singular, third-person], lēt [past, singular, third-person], leort [past, singular, third-person], lǣtaþ [plural, present], lēton [past, plural], leorton [past, plural], lǣte [present, singular], lēte [past, singular], leorte [past, singular], lǣten [plural, present], lēten [past, plural], leorten [past, plural], lǣt [imperative, past, present, singular], lǣtaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], lǣtende [imperative, present], lǣten [imperative, past], ġelǣten [imperative, past]
  1. to let, allow
    Sense id: en-lætan-ang-verb-UgFhPxpL Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 82 5 10 3
  2. to have someone do something, have something done
    Sense id: en-lætan-ang-verb-5-fhY0DI
  3. to leave someone/something in a certain situation
    Sense id: en-lætan-ang-verb-dJtx2xA4
  4. to suppose
    Sense id: en-lætan-ang-verb-T-3pxHAg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forlǣtan

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          "english": "Let not the accursed have power over us...",
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          "english": "When the child was seven, they had her baptized and named her Euphrosyne.",
          "text": "c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints, \"St. Euphrasia, Virgin\"\nÞā þæt ċild wæs seofonwintre, þā lēton hīe hīe fulwian and nemdon hīe Euphrosyne.",
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          "english": "Saint Paul was stoned so severely that the attackers left him for dead, but then in the morning he got up and went back to preaching.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle\"\nSē hālga Paulus wæs ġestǣned oþ dēaþ, swā þæt þā ēhteras hine for dēadne lēton, ac þæs on morgne hē ārās and fērde ymb his bodunge.",
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          "english": "The archbishop left it all to their own discretion.",
          "text": "1038, charter concerning Harold Harefoot\nSē ærċebisċop lēt hit eall tō heora āgene rǣde.",
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          "english": "The wicked he left behind to suffer eternal torment.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Easter Sunday\"\nÞā mānfullan hē lēt bæftan tō ēċum wītum.",
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        {
          "english": "If someone knocks their slave's tooth out, set them free.",
          "roman": "Ġif hwā his wēales tōþ of āslēa, lǣt hine friġne.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 21:27",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Saint Paul was stoned so severely that the attackers left him for dead, but then in the morning he got up and went back to preaching.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle\"\nSē hālga Paulus wæs ġestǣned oþ dēaþ, swā þæt þā ēhteras hine for dēadne lēton, ac þæs on morgne hē ārās and fērde ymb his bodunge.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The archbishop left it all to their own discretion.",
          "text": "1038, charter concerning Harold Harefoot\nSē ærċebisċop lēt hit eall tō heora āgene rǣde.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The wicked he left behind to suffer eternal torment.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Easter Sunday\"\nÞā mānfullan hē lēt bæftan tō ēċum wītum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If someone knocks their slave's tooth out, set them free.",
          "roman": "Ġif hwā his wēales tōþ of āslēa, lǣt hine friġne.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 21:27",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to leave someone/something in a certain situation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to suppose"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suppose",
          "suppose"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæː.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lætan"
}

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