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leáh

  • noun [ masculine ]
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leáh, g. leás; m.
A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land
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  • Ðanne is ðér se leáh ðe man ðæt lond mid friþe haldan scæl an eásthealfe sió ealdæ strǽt c.

    now there is the open space(?) by which the land is protected; on the east side the old road c.,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 71, 20.
  • Ðonne geúðe ic Ælfwine and Beorhtulfe ðæs leás and ðæs hammes be norþan ðære lytlan díc

    I granted Alfwine and Beorhtulf the meadow and the enclosure to the north of the little dike,

    • 249, 33
    • .
  • Æt ðam leá ufeweardan,

    • 36.
  • Tó ðam leá ... on eásteweardan ðam leá ... tó fealuwes leá ðæt on fealuwes leá ... fram fealuwes leá,

    • 250, 2, 16, 29, 32.
  • Æt Eardulfes leá ... tó Aþelwoldes leá,

    • Chart. Th. 291, 19, 22
    • .
  • Ðæt intó Eardulfes leá; of ðan leá, ðæt eft tó ðære greátan díc,

    • 292, 4
    • .
  • Þurh ðone leá tó ðam miclan hæslwride,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. 250, 34.
  • Betweox ða twegen leás,

    • 21.
  • Lytle leás

    amarcas,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 14.
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