Old English · conjunction
þy læs
- Part of speech
- conjunction
- IPA
- /θyː læːs/
- Syllables
- θyː · læːs (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- lest
Meaning
-
so that... not: before, or else, lest
Þū sċealt dōn þætte þū meaht, þȳ lǣs þē hit lator hrēowe.
You have to do what you can, so you don't regret it later.
Descendants
lest
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