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Our very own quizmaster Anthony Payne emailed to say: "According to my dictionary, let (= allow) comes from an Anglian word letan or a West Saxon word laetan, whereas let (= encumber) derives from an Old English word lettan, and the two surviving words have been combined in their spelling."
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Our very own quizmaster Anthony Payne emailed to say: "According to my dictionary, let (= allow) comes from an Anglian word letan or a West Saxon word laetan, whereas let (= encumber) derives from an Old English word lettan, and the two surviving words have been combined in their spelling."
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