land-riht
- noun [ neuter ]
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Londrihtes mót ðære mǽgburge monna ǽghwilc ídel hweorfan
shall each man of the family wander lacking the rights of those who live in the land,
- Beo. Th. 5765 ;
- B. 2886 .
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Grimm, R. A. 731 q. v. quotes in illustration from Saxo the order of Frotho: 'Si quis in acie primus fugam capesseret,
a communi jure alienus existeret.'
- See also pp. 39-42.
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Mid rihtum landrihte swá hit on lande stonde
in accordance with the regular law of the land, as it stands in the land,
- Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 435, 35 .
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Unc módige ymb mearce sittaþ .. ne willaþ rúmor unc landriht heora
round our border sit bold ones, who will not more largely allow us their landright, i.e. will not allow us to possess more land in their country,
- Cd. 91 ;
- Th. 114, 28 ;
- Gen. 1911 .
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Hé landriht geþah
he received landright, he was settled in the country with the right of a native,
- 161 ;
- Th. 200, 10 ;
- Exod. 354 .
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Áhte ic fela wintra folgaþ tilne holdne hláford óððæt Heorrenda nú leóðcræftig mon londryht geþah ðæt mé eorla hleó ǽr gesealde
good service had I for many a winter, a kind lord; until now Heorrenda, a man skilled in song, has received land right; the prince had before given me that, i.e. H. was now admitted, as Deór had been before, to the rights of a native, and had succeeded in attracting to himself the favour before shown to Deór,
- Exon. 100 b ;
- Th. 379, 29 ;
- Deór. 40 .
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Ðegenes lagu is ðæt hé þreó þinc of his lande dó ... Eác of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cynges gebanne
the law as regards the thane is that he do three things for his land. Also for many lands or estates, more extensive dues arise upon decree of the king,
- L. R. S. 1 ;
- Th. i. 432, 6 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “land-riht.” 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/21124.
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