Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
lean . - A Middle English form of
lend . - In philology, smooth; surd and non-aspirate, as k, p, or t.
- noun A smooth mute or non-aspirate surd, as k, p, or t.
- A Middle English form of
lean .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To lend; to grant; to permit.
- adjective Smooth.
- adjective Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. π, κ, τ).
- noun The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
- noun Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. π, κ, τ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun phonetics The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
- noun phonetics Any of the lene
consonants , such as p, k, or i (or Greek pi, kappa, tau).
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Examples
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But she was already out of O'lene's earshot, running blindly toward Route 40.
Every Secret Thing Lippman, Laura, 1959- 2003
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Mr. MacLehose, who published "The Journal of H lene Berr" in the U.K. in 2008 and is also responsible for coming titles like "The Road" and Chil Rajchman's "Treblinka: A Survivor's Memory," believes that publishers have a responsibility to bring out books "of real historical value."
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These include moving first-hand testimonies of the Holocaust like "The Journal of H lene Berr," which came out in France and the U.K. in 2008,
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I will conclude in his lines, Si me cognitum haberes, non solum donares nobis has facetias nostras, sed etiam indignum duceres, tam humanum aninum, lene ingenium, vel minimam suspicionem deprecari oportere.
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Recursul Magic's constă în romantism şi lene sa. "100th Monkey" phenomneon promite o comandă rapidă pentru iluminarea, în schimb, o schimbare de paradigmă substansive într-o specie nevoie de timp şi efort.
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Update III 09/17/05, 10:10: Checked another one of Korte's blog entries and found this interesting comment from lene: Is it true that Greg Korte's girl friend works for the Pepper campaign?
Enquirer and Dirty Desperate David: Mallory Is Gay Nathaniel Livingston 2005
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New Business Card Pictures barbylon 2004
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Thidre gone Marchauntes, and bryngen with hem children, to selle to hem of the contree, and thei byzen hem: and zif thei ben fatte, thei eten hem anon; and zif thei ben lene, thei feden hem, tille thei ben fatte, and thanne thei eten hem: and thei seyn, that it is the best flesche and the swettest of alle the world.
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Thidre gone Marchauntes, and bryngen with hem children, to selle to hem of the contree, and thei byzen hem: and zif thei ben fatte, thei eten hem anon; and zif thei ben lene, thei feden hem, tille thei ben fatte, and thanne thei eten hem: and thei seyn, that it is the best flesche and the swettest of alle the world.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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So this woman Mary Magda - lene had committed adultery upon the ground of our mar - tyrs.
The Gospel according to the Son Mailer, Norman 1997
whichbe commented on the word lene
(Obscure) To lend; to grant; to permit.
September 6, 2008
wtyndalewordnik commented on the word lene
"No man can serve two masters. For other he shall hate the one, and love the other: or els he shall lene the one, and despise the other.Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Matthew 6:24 in 1526 Tyndale New Testament.
Would the 1526 Tyndale New Testament use of this in Matthew 6:24 be the equivalent of to "grant/permit" or the equivalent of "lean on" since both versions of "lene" seem possible from these entries. I wonder which he had in mind........(A modern translation of the Greek would be "be loyal to")
January 2, 2010
wtyndalewordnik commented on the word lene
EXAMPLE OF WORD USE :"No man can serve two masters. For other he shall hate the one, and love the other: or els he shall lene the one, and despise the other.Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Matthew 6:24 in 1526 Tyndale New Testament.
January 2, 2010