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Examples
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Thei bryngen before hem mete alle soden, als hoot as thei comen fro the fuyr, and thei leten the smoke gon up towardes the ydoles; and than thei seyn, that the ydoles han eten; and than the religious men eten the mete aftrewardes.
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But and sche have children with him, thei leten hire lyve with hem, to brynge hem up, zif sche wole.
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For zif the wormes of the erthe eten hem, the soule scholde suffre gret peyne, as thei seyn; and namely, whan the flesche is tendre and megre, thanne seyn here frendes, that thei don gret synne, to leten hem have so long langure, to suffre so moche peyne, with oute resoun.
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Thei bryngen before hem mete alle soden, als hoot as thei comen fro the fuyr, and thei leten the smoke gon up towardes the ydoles; and than thei seyn, that the ydoles han eten; and than the religious men eten the mete aftrewardes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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But and sche have children with him, thei leten hire lyve with hem, to brynge hem up, zif sche wole.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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For zif the wormes of the erthe eten hem, the soule scholde suffre gret peyne, as thei seyn; and namely, whan the flesche is tendre and megre, thanne seyn here frendes, that thei don gret synne, to leten hem have so long langure, to suffre so moche peyne, with oute resoun.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Ðe {70} asse þe ure helende uppe set. ben þo forsinegede þe hauen al here þonc uppen eorðliche richeise. ⁊ sinne hem is loð to leten. ⁊ unwill [i] che to bete. for hem þincheð þ̵ godes hese heuieliche semeð. ⁊ naðeles gif hie ful don hie shulen on heuene endelese mede fon.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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[Þ] os leten al here iwil for godes luue to fulle.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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An entry on “Aprill the 15 1707” gives “The Church More lying in Well sick cloase was leten for 4 & 6.”
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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And ofte þat wolde.do. þat heo ne scholde. þene vnþev lihte. leten heo myhte.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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