bóc-land
BOOK-LAND, land held by a charter or writing, free from all fief, fee, service or fines. Such was formerly held chiefly by the nobility, and denominated allodialis, which we now call freehold ⬩ ex scripto sive charta possessa terra, terra codicillaris
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Hæfde Rómánum to bóclande gesealde Romanis per testamentum tradiderat, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 18. Bóclandes, Cot. 83
Linked entry: bóc-æceras
bóc-land
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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.
bócian
To give by charter, to charter ⬩ libro vel charta dare
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To give by charter, to charter; libro vel charta dare Oswald biscop bócaþ Wihtelme his þegne bishop Oswald charters to Wihthelm his thane, Cod. Dipl. 531; A. D. 966; Kmbl. iii. 6, 9
Linked entry: bócod
bócian
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Þreó hída ðe Oswald bisceop bócað Héhstáne his þægne þreora monna dæg on ðá gerád . . . C. D. iii. 19, 10 : 20, 32. Add
bócan
for books
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for books, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 8; dat. pl. of bóc
bóc-lár
Book-learning, learning ⬩ doctrina
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[lár lore, learning] Book-learning, learning; doctrina Blind biþ se láreów, gif hé ða bócláre ne cann blind is the teacher, if he know not book-learning, L. Ælf. C. 23; Th. ii. 352, 6
ge-bócian
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Add: — Þis is þára twéntiga hída bóc . . . þe Eádréd cing gebócode Óswíge his þegne on éce yrfe, C. D. iii. 426, 13, 22 (and often). Cf. ge-bécan
ge-bócian
to give or grant by book or charter ⬩ to charter ⬩ libro vel charta dōnāre ⬩ to furnish with books ⬩ libris instruĕre
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to give or grant by book or charter, to charter; libro vel charta dōnāre Ðis is seó bóc, ðe Æðelstán cing gebócode Friþestáne bisceope this is the charter which king Athelstan chartered to bishop Frithestan, Th. Diplm. A. D. 938; 187, 19: 966; 218, 12
bóc-lár
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He sceal bóclárum hlystan, Wlfst. 267, 6. Add
land-ríce
A territory ⬩ region ⬩ estate
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A territory, region, estate Bócland vel landríce fundos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 18. Hé ðágiet lytel landríce hæfde búton ðære byrig ánre he had as yet little territory except the town only, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 66, 14.
lǽn-land
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Wé wrítaþ ðæt hé hæbbe hit swá rúm tó bóclande swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, 258, 29. Eall ðæt yrfe ðæ ic hæbbe on lǽnelendum, v. 333, 21
éce
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Dele bracket, and add: perpetual, to all time Oð ðone fyrst þe hé bócland and ǽce yrfe geearnige, Solil. H. 2, 12.
hír-ness
hearing ⬩ subjection ⬩ service ⬩ a parish
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L. 12, 38. subjection Hí him gehéton eáðmóde hýrnesse and singale underþeódnesse subiectionem continuam promittebant, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 32, 3. service Hé þá twelf bócland gefreóde eorðlices camphádes and eorðlicre hérenesse (hér-, v. l.) ablato studio
eorþ-líc
EARTHLY, terrestrial ⬩ terrēnus, terrestris
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Ða twelf bócland him gefreóde eorþlíces camphádes and eorþlícere hérenysse to bigongenne ðone heofonlícan camphád dō;nātis duodĕcim possessiuncŭlis terrārum, in quĭbus ablāto stūdio mīlĭtiæ terrestris, ad exercendam mīlĭtiam cælestem, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556
á-hwæþer
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Áðor oþþe on bóclande oþþe on folclande, Ll. Th. i. 160, 11. Áþer oðþe on kycenan, oþþe on héderne, oþþe on bæcerne, oþþe on wyrtúne, oðþe on ǽnigum óðerum cræfte, R. Ben. 71, 17. Áþer oððe ettan oððe erian, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 25. v. áðor in Dict
mǽg-burh
Kindred ⬩ family ⬩ relatives ⬩ tribe
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Hé hit ne móste sellan of his mǽgburge he might not sell it (bócland) out of the family, L. Alf. pol. 41; Th. i. 88, 18. Wes mǽgburge mínre árfæst be kind to my kindred, Cd. 136; Th. 171, 8; Gen. 2825 : Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 3; Vy. 62.
fruma
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Þára manna þe þæt bócland on fruman ( in the first instance ) gestríndon, Ll. Th. i. 88, 19. the first stage of a development Þisse ádle fruman mon mæg ýþelíce gelácnian, Lch. ii. 232, 16. source, origin 'Ðú cennest sunu' . . .
be-cweþan
to say ⬩ to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to speak for ⬩ pray for ⬩ to bequeathe ⬩ grant by will
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Þá menn þe ic míne bócland becweden hæbbe, 491, 8
ǽht
- 194, 16 .
what is owned, a possession ⬩ possession
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Gif ðú wéne ðæt hit ðín bócland sý, ðæt ðú on eardast, and on ágene ǽht geseald, Wlfst. 260, 3
ildra
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Manige bearn beóþ gestrýned tó heora eldrena forwyrde, Bt. 31, l ; F. 112, 9. in pl. more or less distant kinsfolk of a person in direct ascent Se mon sé þe bócland hæbbe and him his yldran (mǽgas, v. l. ) lǽfdon, Ll. Th. i. 88, 16.