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land-riht

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Add: rights due to the owner of land from those living on it. Cf. land; 2 Gescádwís geréfa sceal ǽgder witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 4. rights of country districts.

Fronc-land

(n.)
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Fronc-land, -lond, es; m.

Frank-landthe country of the FranksFrancōrum terra

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Frank-land, the country of the Franks; Francōrum terra On Froncland into the land of the Franks, Chr. 920; Erl. 104, 35. On Fronclond, 836; Erl. 64, 32: 880; Erl. 82, 2

heregeat-land

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heregeat-land, es; n.

Heriot-land

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Heriot-land, Chart. Th. 546, 37

lǽr-gedéfe

(v.; adj.)
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Leorna láre lǽr gedéfe wene ðec in wísdóm. Exon. 806; Th. 303, 31; Fä. 61. In this passage Ettmüller and Grein take lǽrgedéfe as an adj. but lǽr may well be, as Thorpe takes it, the imperat. of lǽran, which verb naturally accompanies leornian

Linked entry: ge-défe

emn-land

(n.)

even land, a plain

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even land, a plain. Som. Ben. Lye

land-gewyrpe

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Add: the ridge formed by a land (?)

Bryton-land

(n.)
Grammar
Bryton-land, es; n.

British land, Britain

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British land, Britain,Chr. 979; Th. 233, 7, col. 1

lín-land

(n.)
Grammar
lín-land, es; n.
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Land where flax grows Ðæt lytle línland, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 19, 4

norþ-lane

(n.)

a north lane

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a north lane Óþ norþlanan tó strǽte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 1, 15

Linked entry: lane

norþ-land

(n.)

a northern land

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a northern land Hé fór on Sciððie ða norþland, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 3

beán-land

(n.)
Grammar
beán-land, es; n.

Land on which beans are grown

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Land on which beans are grown Ðone þriddan æcer beánlandes, C. D. iii. 366, 20

wíd-land

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Grammar
wíd-land, es ; n. I.
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II. a broad, spacious land :-- Geaf ic welan ofer wídlonda gehwylc, Exon. Th. 85, 2 ; Cri. 1385. [Cf. Icel. víð-lendr having broad lanids.] Cf. síd-land

friþ-land

(n.)
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friþ-land, es; n.

A land with which, one is at peace, with which ' friþ' has been madepācis terra

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A land with which, one is at peace, with which ' friþ' has been made; pācis terra Hí ðone mǽstan hearm dydon ðe ǽfre here innon friþlande dón sceolde they did the greatest harm that ever an army could do in a land with which it was at peace, Chr. 1097

Íra-land

(n.)
Grammar
Íra-land, es ; n.

Land of the IrishIreland

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Land of the Irish, Ireland Gewitan him ðá Norþmenn Dyflen sécean eft Íraland [Yraland, hira land], Chr. 937 ; Th. 206, col. 2, 1. 15; Æðelst. 56. In Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 19, 15, 16 Íraland is doubtful.

Linked entries: Íras Ír-land

land-hredding

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land-hredding, e; f.
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Redemption of mortgaged land Ic onborgedé .xxx. mancsa goldes tó mínre landhreddinge æt Beorhnóðe, Cht. Crw. 9, 118

mæst-land

(n.)
Grammar
mæst-land, es; n.

Land on which mast is produced

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Land on which mast is produced Eall ðæt wudu*-*lond ðæt Æþelbald gesealde tó mæstlonde. Chart. Th. 140, 2

norþ-land

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Add: land lying, to the north Hí hwemdon mid þám scypon wið þæs norðlandes, Chr. 1052 ; P. 180, 19

geréf-land

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Substitute: Land held by a reeve þa mǽde þa ge-byrað tó ðám geréflande, C. D. B. i. 544, 1

teóðung-land

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-land, es; n.
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Land that was subject to the payment of tithe (?)

Wísle-land

(n.)
Grammar
Wísle-land, es; n.

The land in which the Vistula risespart of Poland

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The land in which the Vistula rises, part of Poland Be eástan Maroara londe is Wíslelond, Ors. I. l ; Swt. 16, 17