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leax

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
leax, læx, lex, es; m.
A salmon, lax [Scott.]
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  • Lex

    salmo vel esocius,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 102
      • ;
    • Som. 77, 65
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 55, 70
      • .

  • Leax

    ysox,

    • 65, 66:

    esox,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 48
      • .

  • Laex

    isic,

    • 112, 8
      • .

  • Leax sceal on wǽle mid sceóte scríðan

    swiftly shall the salmon in the stream's eddy move,

    • Menol. Fox 538
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 39
      • .

  • Leaxes geallan,

    • L. M. 3, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 308, 6
      • .

  • Hwý gé nú ne settan on some dúne fiscnet eówru, ðonne eów fón lysteþ leax?

    • Bt. Met. Fox 19, 23
      • ;
    • Met. 19, 12
      • .

  • Hwæt féhst ðú on sǽ? Hærincgas and leaxas

    quid capis in mari? Aleces et isicios,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9
      • .

  • Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ... gesyllan ǽlce geare xv. leaxas

    this is the agreement ... that they give xv salmon every year,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 295, 34
      • :
    • L. In. 70
      • ;
    • Th. i. 146, 19
      • .
Etymology
[
Icel. lax a salmon
:
O. H. Ger. lahs salmo, esox
:
Ger. lachs.
]
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v.  læx.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “leax.” 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/21315.

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