(a) To grant (sb. land, rights, privileges); fig. allow (sb. time), grant (sb. a reprieve); grant (a place or room to hatred); (b) to bequeath (property), leave (property to sb. at one's death); fig. bequeath (sorrow, care, an example of virtue); (c) to give or give up (sth. to sb.), give (sth.) away; fig. give (sb. a law, sickness), let (sb.) have (knowledge, his will), surrender (one's own will to sb.); ~ on, bestow (love) on (sb.).

(a) To rent (land, a building, etc., to sb. for a period of time), let (property); grant (a bishopric, abbacy, etc.) to the highest bidder; farm out (an office, one's benefice); also, sell (a wardship, the right to marry, etc.) for money; ~ bi yer, ~ to honde; (b) ~ to (in) ferme, to ferme ~, ~ to hire, ~ out = (a); also, to let (a horse) on loan.

(a) To give up (sth. material), surrender (property, a city, one's goods); relinquish (an abbacy, etc.); give up (wine, fine clothes, etc.); (b) to give up (sth. intangible); relinquish (happiness, love, virtue, folly, sin, anger, an opinion, one's will or purpose, etc.); cease to have (hunger and thirst); ~ of; (c) ~ lif, to lose (one's) life; lay down (one's) life; die; (d) to abate (an asking price).

(a) To leave (a place, path, etc.), depart from; (b) to pass by (a place); (c) to go away; also, die; of a corpse:?disintegrate [cp. aleten]; fig. of sin, anger, sorrow: depart, abate.

(a) To leave (sb. or sth. in or at a place), depart from, leave behind; fig. of the fire of love: leave (sb.); ~ bihinden; (b) to leave (sb. or sth. in a state or condition); -- the state or condition may be expressed by an adjective or a phrase.

In phrases: ~ one, ~ al one: (a) to leave (sb.) by himself; also, desert or forsake (sb. or sth.); (b) not to molest or interfere with (sb.); refrain from attacking (sb.); (c) to give (sb.) a free hand, let (sb. or sth.) take care of matters; (d) to let (sth.) pass, pay no attention to; lete we hit one, let it pass, no matter.

With to: (a) to leave (the remains of a meal) for (the poor); (b) to leave (punishment) for (souls after death); (c) to hand over (sb. or sth.) to (sb.), relinquish to; (d) to leave (a matter) to the judgment of (sb.); leave (a task) to be performed by (sb.).

(a) To forsake (sb.), desert; neglect (sb.); forsake or put away (one's wife); fig. of youth: desert (sb.); of sin, i.e., the capacity for sin: leave (sb.); -- also used with an animal as obj.; (b) to abandon (laws, teachings, a custom or practice); (c) to reject (sb. or sth.); ~ bihinden.

(a) To make (sb. do sth.), cause (sb. or sth. to do, suffer, or be sth.); -- with inf. phr. containing a subject, with or without object; (b) to cause (sth. to be done); -- with inf. phr. containing an object but no subject; ~ bringen, ~ crien, ~ maken, ~ nimen, ~ slen, etc.; (c) to cause (sth. to be done); -- with inf. or inf. phr. containing no subject or object; (d) to cause (sth. to be made or known); -- with p.ppl. instead of inf.

With adv. or prep. phr.: (a) ~ awei, to cause (sth.) to go away; put away (mourning), do away with (strife, injustice), give up (one's will), avoid (the lighted path); ?profane (the sacramental bread); (b) ~ forth, to send or drive (sth.) forth; ~ fro, cast (sth.) from (oneself); ~ her, cause (sb.) to be (here); ~ in, set (sth.) in, insert (sth. into a wall); put (sb.) in (the earth), ?cause (sb.) to be born into (the world); ~ of, put (sth.) out of (one's thoughts); take (one's hand) off (sb.); (c) ~ out, to draw (a weapon), bring out; remove (a corn or growth in the eye); spread out (nets, sails); ~ right, put or set (sth.) to rights, arrange (sth.) properly; ~ thurgh, strain (sth.) through (a cloth); ~ up, raise (a gate).

(a) To allow (sb. to do, have, or be sth.), permit; (b) to permit (a thing or an animal to do or have sth.); ben leten continued, be allowed to continue; (c) to allow (sth. to be done or to happen), permit (sth. to be done to sb. or to oneself); ?allow oneself (to sleep) [quot.: c1400]; ?allow someone (to believe) [quot.: c1450]; (d) to permit (sb.); -- with or without that clause expressing what is permitted; also, permit it, allow me [1st quot.]; (e) law ~ to baile, to admit (sb.) to bail.

(a) To allow (sb.) to go or pass; allow (sb.) to escape; release (sb.); (b) to slacken (the rein); spare (someone's life); (c) to shed (tears); (d) to utter (words, etc.), make (a noise); shout, roar; (e) to let (a fart).

With adv. or prep. phr.: (a) ~ awei, to allow (sb.) to depart; (b) ~ doun (adoun), to let (sb. or sth.) go down; lower (sb. or sth., sails, floodgates, a drawbridge, a hanged man, etc.); (c) ~ fro(m, to permit (sb. or sth.) to go away from (oneself); (d) ~ in, to allow (sb.) to come or go in, permit (sb. or sth.) to enter; let (a stream) come through; let (the eye) look in; also fig.; [see also inleten v.]; (e) ~ in and out, to allow (persons) to enter and exit from a place; (f) ~ nither, to allow (one's hands) to drop; (g) ~ out, to allow (sb. or sth.) to go out; let (sb.) depart from a place; let (wind) out of the body; let (sb.) out (of servitude); allow (words, anger) to come out, utter, express; let (sth.) slip out (of one's mind or thoughts), forget (sth.); fig. spend (money); let out, let us out; (h) ~ to, to turn loose (a horse) to (pasture); turn (a lion) loose upon (sb.); (i) ~ up, to let (sb.) climb up on one's back.

Surg. ~ blod: (a) to remove blood from (sb.), let (sb.) blood; bleed (a vein, part of the body); let blood, perform a bloodletting; -- also refl.; also fig.; ~ out, let (blood) come out; (b) fig. to wound or kill (sb.), slash open (a vein); drain the juice from (a pasty); (c) of a person: to lose blood, be let blood; -- usually fig.; (d) of blood: to flow, gush forth; (e) ~ of, to let blood from (a vein).

In hortative and optative expressions [sometimes difficult to distinguish from senses 7 and 8]: (a) may (sth. happen or not happen), may (sb. or sth. do or be sth.); may (right prevail, God do His will, the day be joined, etc.); may (sth. be acceptable); let this pin be, this pin should be; etc.; (b) may (sb.) cause or permit (sb. or sth. to do, be, or have sth.); -- used with Christian or non-Christian deities as subjects; (c) let (sb. do, have, or be sth.), may (sb. do, etc.); let him ben war, let him beware, may he be on his guard; let me never, may I never (do sth.); let no man trusten, may no man trust; etc.; (d) lete we, let us (do sth., cause sth. to be done, permit sth.), may we (do, etc.); (e) lete us, let us (do or be sth.), may we (do or be sth.).

In suppositions: let us suppose (sth.), suppose that, if; let bringen a man, let us suppose that a man were brought; let him sen, suppose that he sees, if he sees; let a dronken daffe fallen, if a drunken fool should fall.

(a) To cease (doing sth.); -- with inf. or ger.; (b) to cease doing (sth.); cease paying (tribute), stop swearing (oaths), cease to practice (alchemy), etc.; ~ fight, bataille (werre) ~, cease fighting; thoughtes ~, stop thinking (such) thoughts; (c) to cease to speak or write of (sb. or sth.); break off (a tale); (d) to stop, cease, desist; ~ of, desist from (sth.); (e) to leave off telling a story; stop speaking, shut up; ~ of, ~ bihinden, stop speaking or writing about (sb. or sth.).