(a) To suffer material loss; ppl. tint, deprived (of goods); (b) to lose (goods, a prisoner, land, etc.), be dispossessed of, be deprived of; also in fig. context; also, lose (one's horse), fall off; (c) ~ stiropes, to lose footing in the stirrups while riding.

(a) To suffer loss of (a part, function, or faculty of the body, bodily strength, etc.); (b) of a plant: to lose (leaves, color, etc.); (c) ~ daies (terme), to suffer the end of one's lifespan, die; ~ hed, suffer decapitation; ~ lif (swete), lose one's life (lifeblood), die.

(a) To fail to maintain (a desirable attribute, condition, quality); be unable to retain (God's grace, a reputation, etc.); (b) to forfeit (an earthly or spiritual reward or condition); yield (sth.); (c) ~ of, ?to relinquish (a prerogative), forgo.

(a) To lose track of (sb., an animal); also, mislay (sth.); also, lose (sight of sb.); (b) to be separated from (sb., an animal, the soul), esp. by estrangement or death; also, escape (sb.); ppl. tined, separated (from sb.).

(a) To suffer loss in battle, be defeated; (b) to be forced to withdraw from (a battle, the field of battle, gains made in battle); (c) ~ doun, ?to strike (sb., a horse) down.

(a) To go to waste; (b) to waste (labor, time, etc.), spend unwisely; (c) to consume (food), use up.

(a) To perish, be destroyed; (b) to destroy (sb., a town, etc.); cause (sb., oneself, a soul, one's soul) to perish spiritually; damn (sb.); ~ to the pit of helle; ppl. tint as adj.: damned.

(a) To perish spiritually; (b) to permit (a soul) to perish spiritually; also, be excluded from (heaven) [last quot.].

To take (joy from sb.); remove (sb. from torment).