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leóht-gesceot

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
leóht-gesceot, -gescot, es; n.
Contribution made to furnish the church with lights. The various regulations respecting it may be seen in the following passages
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  • Gif hwá leóhtgesceot ne gelǽste, gylde lahslit mid Denum, wíte mid Englum,

    • L. E. G. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 170, 4
      • .

  • Gelǽste man leóhtgescot þríwa on geáre,

    • L. Eth. V. 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 308, 2
      • :
    • vi. 19
      • ;
    • Th. i. 320, 3
      • .

  • Leóhtgescot gelǽste man tó Candelmæssan; dó oftor se ðe wile,

    • ix. 12
      • ;
    • Th. i. 342, 31
      • .

  • Leóhtgesceot þríwa on geáre: ǽrest on Eásterǽfen, healfpenigwurþ wexes ǽt ǽlcre híde; and eft on Ealra Hálgena mæssan eall swá mycel; and eft tó ðǽm Sanctam Mariam clǽnsunge eal swá,

    • L. C. E. 12
      • ;
    • Th. i. 366, 31
      • .

  • Leóhtgescot þreówa on geáre: ǽrest healfpeningwurþ wexes tó Candelmæssan, and eft on Eásterǽfen and þriddan síþe tó Ealra Hálgena mæssan,

    • Wulfst. 116, 6
      • .

  • Leóhtgescota,

    • 113, 11
      • .

  • Leóhtgescot gelǽste man be wíte tó Cristes mæssan and tó Candelmæssan and tó Eástron; dó oftor se ðe wylle,

    • 311, 9.
Etymology
[Cf.
Icel. ljóstollr fee to a church for lighting.
]
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v.  leóht-sceot.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “leóht-gesceot.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21456.

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