ge-lǣstan: 1) _to follow, serve_: pret. sg. (sweord) þæt mec ǣr and oft gelǣste, 2501.--2) _to fulfil, grant_: subj. pres. pl. þæt ... wilgesīðas, þonne wīg cume, lēode gelǣstan (_render war service_), 24; inf. ic þē sceal mīne gelǣstan frēode (_shall grant thee my friendship, be grateful_), 1707; pret. sg. bēot ... gelǣste (_fulfilled his boast_), 524; gelǣste swā (_kept his word_), 2991; pres. part. hæfde Ēast-Denum ... gilp gelǣsted (_had fulfilled for the East Danes his boast_), 830. lǣtan, st. v., _to let, allow_, w. acc. and inf.: pres. sg. III. lǣteð, 1729; imper. pl. II. lǣtað, 397; sg. II. lǣt, 1489; pret. sg. lēt, 2390, 2551, 2978, 3151(?); pret. pl. lēton, 48, 865, 3133; subj. pret. sg. II. lēte, 1997; sg. III. lēte, 3083. ā-lǣtan: 1) _to let, allow_: subj. pres. sg. II. þæt þū ne ālǣte ... dōm ge-drēosan, 2666.--2) _to leave, lay aside_: inf. ālǣtan lǣn-dagas (_die_) 2592; so, ālǣtan līf and lēodscipe, 2751. for-lǣtan: 1) _to let, permit_, w. acc. and inf.: pret. sg. for-lēt, 971; pret. pl. for-lēton, 3168. Also with inf. omitted: inf. nolde eorla hlēo ... þone cwealmcuman cwicne (i.e. wesan) forlǣtan (_would not let the murderous spirit go alive_), 793.--2) _to leave behind, leave_: pret. sg. in þām wong-stede ... þǣr hē hine ǣr forlēt (_where he had previously left him_), 2788. of-lǣtan, _to leave, lay aside_: pres. sg. II. gyf þū ǣr þonne hē worold oflǣtest (_leavest the world, diest_), 1184; so pret. sg. oflēt līf-dagas and þās lǣnan gesceaft, 1623. on-lǣtan, _to release, liberate_: pres. sg. III. þonne forstes bend fæder on-lǣteð (_as soon as the Father looseth the frost's fetters_), 1610. ā-lecgan, w. v.: 1) _to lay, lay down_: pret. sg. syððan hilde-dēor hond ā-legde ... under gēapne hrōf, 835; þæt hē on Bēowulfes bearm ā-legde (_this_ [the sword] _he laid in B.'s bosom, presented to him_), 2195; pret. pl. ā-ledon þā lēofne þēoden ... on bearm scipes, 34; ā-legdon þā tō middes mǣrne þēoden _(laid the mighty prince in the midst_ [of the pyre]), 3142.--2) _to lay aside, give up_: siððan ... in fen-freoðo feorh ā-legde (_laid down his life, died_), 852; nū se here-wīsa hleahtor ā-legde, gamen and glēo-drēam _(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 tō lange, 906. MS. leng. See lang. lenge, adj., _extending along_ or _to, near_ (of time): nom. sg. neut. ne wæs hit lenge þā gēn (_nor was it yet long_), 83. ge-lenge, adj., _extending, reaching to, belonging_: nom. sg. yrfe-weard ... līce 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), þæt syððan nā ... brim-līðende lāde ne letton (_might no longer hinder seafarers from journeying_), 569. ā-lēdon. See ā-lecgan.