ge-læstan: 1) _to follow, serve_: pret. sg. (sweord) þät mec ær and oft gelæste, 2501.--2) _to fulfil, grant_: subj. pres. pl. þät ... wilgesîðas, þonne wîg cume, leóde gelæstan (_render war service_), 24; inf. ic þe sceal mîne gelæstan freóde (_shall grant thee my friendship, be grateful_), 1707; pret. sg. beót ... gelæste (_fulfilled his boast_), 524; gelæste swâ (_kept his word_), 2991; pres. part. häfde Eást-Denum ... gilp gelæsted (_had fulfilled for the East Danes his boast_), 830. lætan, st. v., _to let, allow_, w. acc. and inf.: pres. sg. III. læteð, 1729; imper. pl. II. lætað, 397; sg. II. læt, 1489; pret. sg. lêt, 2390, 2551, 2978, 3151(?); pret. pl. lêton, 48, 865, 3133; subj. pret. sg. II. lête, 1997; sg. III. lête, 3083. â-lætan: 1) _to let, allow_: subj. pres. sg. II. þät þu ne âlæte ... dôm ge-dreósan, 2666.--2) _to leave, lay aside_: inf. âlætan læn-dagas (_die_) 2592; so, âlætan lîf and leódscipe, 2751. for-lætan: 1) _to let, permit_, w. acc. and inf.: pret. sg. for-lêt, 971; pret. pl. for-lêton, 3168. Also with inf. omitted: inf. nolde eorla hleó ... þone cwealmcuman cwicne (i.e. wesan) forlætan (_would not let the murderous spirit go alive_), 793.--2) _to leave behind, leave_: pret. sg. in þam wong-stede ... þær he hine ær forlêt (_where he had previously left him_), 2788. of-lætan, _to leave, lay aside_: pres. sg. II. gyf þu ær þonne he worold oflætest (_leavest the world, diest_), 1184; so pret. sg. oflêt lîf-dagas and þâs lænan gesceaft, 1623. on-lætan, _to release, liberate_: pres. sg. III. þonne forstes bend fäder on-læteð (_as soon as the Father looseth the frost's fetters_), 1610. â-lecgan, w. v.: 1) _to lay, lay down_: pret. sg. syððan hilde-deór hond â-legde ... under geápne hrôf, 835; þät he on Beówulfes bearm â-legde (_this_ [the sword] _he laid in B.'s bosom, presented to him_), 2195; pret. pl. â-ledon þâ leófne þeóden ... on bearm scipes, 34; â-legdon þâ tô middes mærne þeóden _(laid the mighty prince in the midst_ [of the pyre]), 3142.--2) _to lay aside, give up_: siððan ... in fen-freoðo feorh â-legde (_laid down his life, died_), 852; nu se here-wîsa hleahtor â-legde, gamen and gleó-dreám _(now the war-chief has left laughter_, etc.), 3021. leger, st. n., _couch, bed, lair_: dat. sg. on legere, 3044. lemian, w. v., _to lame, hinder, oppress_: pret. sg. (for pl.) hine sorh-wylmas lemede tô lange, 906. MS. leng. See lang. lenge, adj., _extending along_ or _to, near_ (of time): nom. sg. neut. ne wäs hit lenge þâ gen (_nor was it yet long_), 83. ge-lenge, adj., _extending, reaching to, belonging_: nom. sg. yrfe-weard ... lîce gelenge (_an heir belonging to one's body_), 2733. let, st. m., _place of rest, sojourn?_ in comp. eo-let (_voyage?_). lettan, w. v., _to hinder_: pret. pl. (acc. pers. and gen. thing), þät syððan nâ ... brim-lîðende lâde ne letton (_might no longer hinder seafarers from journeying_), 569. â-lêdon. See â-lecgan.