lætan

Meaning

1. to let, allow

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

   Let not the accursed have power over us...

   Exeter Book, Christ A, The Navitivity

2. to have someone do something, have something done

   Hē sette scōle and on þǣre hē lēt cneohtas lǣran.

   He founded a school and had boys taught there.

   late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

3. to leave someone/something in a certain situation

   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.

   Saint Paul was stoned so severely that the attackers left him for dead, but then in the morning he got up and went back to preaching.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"

4. to suppose

Conjugation