lætan

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) to let, allow
 * , Chrtist A, The Navitivity
 * "ang"

- ...Ne lǣt awyrġde ofer us onwald āgan...


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"
 * "ang"

- God lēt hīe habban āgenne cyre swā hīe heora Sċieppend lufoden and folgoden swā hīe hine forlēten.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Lord's Prayer"
 * "ang"

- God lǣt him fierst þæt hē his māndǣda ġeswīce.


 * , "The Third Sunday in Lent"
 * "ang"

- Ēalā þū ġītsiġenda and welega, hwæt dēst þū þē ġif Dryhten on þē ġenimþ nigon dǣlas þīnes welan and þē lǣtt þone tēoðan dǣl ǣnne habban?


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Festival of St. Peter the Apostle"
 * "ang"

- Petrus cnocode forþ oþ þæt hīe hine inn lēton.


 * 1) to have someone do something, have something done
 * 2) * late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
 * "ang"

- Hē sette scōle and on þǣre hē lēt cneohtas lǣran.


 * 1) * c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints, "St. Euphrasia, Virgin"
 * "ang"

- Þā þæt ċild wæs seofonwintre, þā lēton hīe hīe fulwian and nemdon hīe Euphrosyne.


 * , "The Annunciation of Saint Mary"
 * "ang"

- God ne lǣtt ūs nā costnian ofer ġemet.


 * 1) to leave someone/something in a certain situation
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
 * "ang"

- Sē 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.


 * 1) * 1038, charter concerning
 * "ang"

- Sē ærċebisċop lēt hit eall tō heora āgene rǣde.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "Easter Sunday"
 * "ang"

- Þā mānfullan hē lēt bæftan tō ēċum wītum.


 * 1) * late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 21:27
 * "ang"

- Ġif hwā his wēales tōþ of āslēa, lǣt hine friġne.


 * 1) to suppose

Usage notes

 * In sense 2 (“to have something done, have someone do something”), lǣtan is used with the infinitive of the following verb, not the past participle: Iċ lēt hine tō Engla lande bringan þæt hē wiþ mīne lǣċas rēde (“I had him brought [lit. let bring him] over to England to consult with my doctors”).