lâf, st. f.: 1) _what is left, relic; inheritance, heritage, legacy_: nom. sg. Hrêðlan lâf (Beówulf's corselet), 454; nom. pl. fêla lâfe (_the leavings of files_ = swords, Grein), 1033; so, homera lâfe, 2830; on him gladiað gomelra lâfe, heard and hringmæl Heaðobeardna gestreón (_on him gleams the forefather's bequest, hard and ring-decked, the Heaðobeardas' treasure_, i.e. the equipments taken from the slain king of the Heaðobeardas), 2037; acc. sg. sweorda lâfe (_leavings of the sword_, i.e. those spared by the sword), 2937.--2) _the sword as a specially precious heir-loom_: nom. sg., 2629; acc. sg. lâfe, 796, 1489, 1689, 2192, 2564; instr. sg. incge lâfe, 2578.--Comp.: ende-, eormen-, weá-, yrfe-, ýð-lâf. lâr, st. f., _lore, instruction, prescription_: dat. sg. be fäder lâre, 1951; gen. pl. lâra, 1221; lârena, 269.--Comp. freónd-lâr. lâst, st. m., _footstep, track_: acc. sg. lâst, 132, 972, 2165; on lâst (_on the traces of, behind_), 2946; nom. pl. lâstas, 1403; acc. pl. lâstas, 842.--Comp.: fêðe-, feorh-, fôt-, wräc-lâst. läger. See leger. lâger-bed, st. n., _bed to lie on_ : instr. sg. leger-bedde, 1008. läs, adj., _less_, 1947; þý läs (_the less_), 487; conjunct, _that not, lest_, 1919. lässa, adj., _less, fewer_: nom. sg. lässa, 1283; acc. sg. m. lässan, 43; fem, lässan hwîle, 2572; dat. sg. for lässan (_for less, smaller_), 952. Superl. nom. sg. nô þät läsest wäs hond-gemôt[a], 2355. lät, adj., _negligent, neglectful_; w. gen.: nom. sg. elnes lät, 1530. lædan, w. v. w. acc.: _to lead, guide, bring_: inf. lædan, 239; pret. pl. læddon, 1160. for-1ædan, _to mislead_: pret. pl. for-læddan, 2440 (?). ge-lædan, _lead, bring_: part. pret. ge-læded, 37. læfan, w. v.: 1), _to bequeathe, leave_: imper. sg. þînum magum læf folc and rîce, 1179; pret. sg. eaferum læfde ... lond and leódbyrig, 2471.--2) _spare, leave behind_: âht cwices læfan (_to spare aught living_), 2316. læn-dagas, st. m. pl., _loan-days, transitory days_ (of earthly existence as contrasted with the heavenly, unending): acc. pl. læn-dagas, 2592; gen. pl. læn-daga, 2342. læne, adj., _inconstant, perishable, evanescent, given over to death or destruction_: nom. sg., 1755, 3179; acc. sg. of rust-eaten treasures, 3130; þâs lænan gesceaft (_this fleeting life_), 1623; gen. sg. lænan lîfes, 2846. læran, w. v., _to teach, instruct_: imper. sg. þu þe lær be þon (_learn this, take this to heart_), 1723. ge-læran, _to teach, instruct, give instruction_: inf. ic þäs Hrôðgâr mäg ... ræd gelæran (_I can give H. good advice about this_), 278; so, 3080; pret. pl. þâ me þät ge-lærdon leóde mîne (_gave me the advice_), 415. læstan, w. v.: 1) _to follow, to sustain, serve_: inf. þät him se lîc-homa læstan nolde (_that his body would not sustain him_), 813.--2) _perform_: imper. læst eall tela (_do all well_), 2664.