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  • Bóclandes

    fundi,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 50.
  • Ic geseah englas ferigan gesǽlige sáwle of ðínum (the abbess Ælflæd's) bóclande

    (de tuo monasterio),

    • Hml. Th. ii. 150, 26
    • .
  • An ic (King Eadred) mínre méder ealra mínra bóclanda þe ic on Súð-Seaxum hæbbe,

    • C. D. B. iii. 75, 25
    • .
  • Twelf bóclanda ǽhte

    (xii possessiones praediorum)

    hé Gode geaf mynster on tó timbrianne,

    • Bd. 3, 24
    • ;
    • Sch. 308, 3
    • .
  • Bócland

    territoria,

    • Sch. 306, ii
    • :
    • 2, 3
    • ;
    • Sch. 124, 3
    • :

    fundos,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 18.
  • ¶ used figuratively:

    Gif þú (the wealthy man) wéne, þæt hit þín bóc-land

    (land exempt from the claims of charity)

    sý, þæt þu on eardast, and on ágene ǽht geseald,

    • Wlfst. 260, 3
    • .
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[v.
N. E. D. book-land.
O. Frs. bók-lond.
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