leas

Senses

1. false

   Þā besēah Martinus wið þǣs sċeoccan lēoht, ġemyndiġ on mōde hū sē Metoda Drihten cwæð on his godspelle þe his godcundan tōcyme, and cwæð tō ðām lēasan mid ġelǣredum mūðe, "Ne sǣde ūre Hǣlend þæt hē swā wolde bēon mid purpuran gehīwod, oððe mid helme scīnende, þonne hē eft cōme mid engla ðrymme." Đā fordwān sē deofol drēoriġ him fram, and sēo stōw ðā stanc mid orm

   Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, "Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels." Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of th

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

2. devoid of, free from

   oþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase eald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.

   Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world until works of old giants, lacking of citizens' noises, stood empty.

   Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend

3. bereft of; without

   byþ blēda lēas...

   Birch is without fruit...

   The Old English rune poem

4. vain, worthless

Declension

Senses

1. falsehood, lie

2. mistake

Declension · strong a-stem

Senses

1. plural of lēah

2. Inflected form of lēah