lǽrig
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Grein suggests comparison with λαισήïoν a buckler, target, and that the word like rand may mean the rim of the shield and also the body of the shield. Either rendering is admissible so far as the sense is concerned
Linked entry: ymb-lǽr(i)gian
lǽs
A pasture ⬩ leasow
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R. S. 12; Th. i. 438, 14. Ic drífe sceáp míne tó heora leáse mino oves meas ad pascua ... Ic lǽde hig tó lǽse ego duco eos [boves] ad pascua, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 13, 27. Ne land ne lǽsse [lǽswe? MS. H. lǽse], L. O. 14; Th. i. 184, 7.
lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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Rdr. 105, 36, 23. Hé niwade ðǽr Cnutes lage, Chr. 1064; Erl. 196, 2. Ðǽr þegen áge twegen costas lufe oððe lage where a thane has two alternatives love or law [i.e. where a case may be arranged amicably or by appeal to law], L.
lagu-strǽt
A sea-road ⬩ the sea
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A sea-road, the sea Ofer lagustrǽte, Beo. Th. 483; B. 239
lah-bryce
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Rdr. 109, 147
lah-slit
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R. A. 623: Steenstrup's Normannerne, iv. 264 sqq
land-gafol
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R. S. 2; Th. i. 432, 13. Hé sceal ... his láforde wyrcan ... ne þearf hé landgafol syllan he must work for his lord, then he need not pay rent, 3; Th. i. 432, 23
land-lagu
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R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 29. Landlaga sýn mistlíce swá ic ǽr sǽde leges et consuetudines terrarum sunt multiplices et varie, sicut prelibavimus, 21; Th. i. 440, 19
Linked entry: lagu
land-rǽden
Institution ⬩ disposition
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R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 33
land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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Icel. skör a rim, edge]. With this meaning the word occurs in charters which Kemble [Cod.
land-stycce
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R. S. 18; Th. i. 440, 8. Him man hwilces landsticces geann, 19; Th. i. 440, 14
Langa-Frige-dæg
Good-Friday
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[On langfridæi him on rode hengen, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 25.]
leáh
A lea ⬩ meadow
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by which the land is protected; on the east side the old road c., Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 71, 20.
leahter-full
Vicious ⬩ seductive
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Leahte[r]fulle decipulosa i. inlecibrosa, Wrt. Voc. ii, 138, 1
leáp
a basket ⬩ trunk
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R. S. 11; Th. 1. 438, 9. Leápas corbes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 52. Ðá bær man up of ðan ðe hí lǽfdon twelf leápas fulle, Wulfst. 293, 32. trunk [of the body], Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 8; Jud. 111
Linked entry: sǽd-leáp
leásung
fiction ⬩ falsehood ⬩ falseness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ deception ⬩ deceitfulness ⬩ artice
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Leásung falsitas, Rtl. 37, 31. Heóra leásung wæs gecyrred tó heom sylfum mentita est iniquitas sibi, Ps. Th. 26, 14.
Linked entry: bisleásung
leccan
To moisten ⬩ wet
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Hæglas and snáwas and se oftrǽda rén leccaþ ða eorþan on wintra hiemem defluus irrigat imber, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 16: Met. Fox 29, 128; Met. 29, 64: Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 4; Ph. 64.
Linked entry: leohte
leger-fæst
Sick ⬩ ill
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Sick, ill, R. Ben. 39, Lye
lencten
Spring ⬩ Lent
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Ðæs sylfan lentenes hé fór tó Róme in the course of the same spring he went to Rome, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 13. Ðá com Æðelréd cyning innan ðam lenctene hám tó his ágenre þeóde, 1014; Erl. 150, 17.
Linked entry: lengten
lencten-sufel
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R. S. 9; Th. i. 436, 31