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brýd-lác

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Dele 'A marriage gift or feast,' and add: married state, wedlock Bærn né áteoriað on ðam brýdláce; þǽr is ... singallic wæstmbǽrnyss, Hml. S. 7, 61. in pl. marriage ceremony, nuptials Is ǽlcum preóste forboden, þæt hí beón ne móton on þá wísan, þe

corn-lád

(n.)
Grammar
corn-lád, e; f.
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Leading or carrying corn Æt cornláde, Ll. Th. i. 440, 28

Linked entry: lád

fíf-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
fíf-leáf, es; n.: -leáfe, an; f.
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folc-lár

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Folcláre omeliae verba, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 42. In þám folclárum þæs godspelles (in homiliis euangelii), Gr. D. 290, 10: 286, 7. For ' Cot. . . . Lye' substitute

cyre-líf

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For 'A choice . . . eligunt' substitute: the condition of life which allows a person to choose his lord, the state of dependence on a lord whom a person has chosen Gehicgon hig eác ꝥ hig gehealdon heora clǽnnysse, oððe beón geférlǽhte þǽre gefæstnuncge

gearwan-leáf

Similar entry: georman-leáf

ge-lád

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Add: a lode, water-course Vicum qui nu[ncupatur] Æt Euulangeládæ, C. D. B. i. 297, 10. Æt Eánflǽde geláde, C. D. v. 402, 2. Norð út onefen þæt gelád, and swá eástweardes þæt hit cymeð eft wiðnioðan þæt gelád on Sæferne, ii. 150, 12-14

ge-leáf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáf, adj.
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Having belief

ge-leáf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáf, adj.
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Leafy Geleáf hrís frondes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 69. Frondes, s. dicuntur quod ferant virgultas vel umbras geleáf rís vel bogas, 151, 7

georman-leáf

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>georman-leáf</b> (geormant-, geormen-), es; n. Mallow Geormantláb malva, Txts. 78, 656. Geormenleáf malva herratice, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 15: malua erratica, Lch. iii. 303, 22. Geormenletic (-leáf?) malva, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 41.

Linked entry: gearwan-leáf

gold-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
gold-leáf, es; n.
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A thin plate of gold Reste gewyrcan of marmanstáne ... mid goldleáfum gestrewed ymbútan, Wlfst. 263, 6

hoc-leáf

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Hocleáf malva Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 35. Hocleáfa maluarum An. Ox. 97. Add

lám-pytt

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Tó ðám lámpytte, C. D. iii. 407, 1. Add

lác-sang

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Add: cf. offrung-sang

lád-mann

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Þá cwæð Esau: 'Ic bidde þé þæt þú nyme þe ládmenn of mínum geférum, þæt þé wegas wissigeon, Gen. 33, 15. Add

Lǽden-lár

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-lár, e; f.
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Latin lore, knowledge of Latin Sé þe þurh Lǽdenláre rihtne geleáfan understandan ne cunne geleornige húru on Englisc, Wlfst. 124, 29: 126, 23

lǽn-land

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Þonne is þæs londes þridde half híd þe Óswold selð Cynelme his þegne tó bóclonde, swá hé hit him ǽr hæfde tó forlǽten tó lǽnlonde, Cht. E. 208, 11. Add

lár-bóc

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Hé áwearp his lárbóc he flung away the book he was learning from Hml. S. 4, 189. Paulus cwæð on his lárbócum ( in his epistles ), Hml. A. 77, 108. Add

lár-cræft

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In l. 1 after hæbbe add bóca onbyrged, in l. 2 after onlocen add Libia and Gréca, and add: knowledge acquired by study, erudition Tó rǽdingum . . . geǽmtigion hí silfe . . . and eác tó drihtlicum lárum and tó mænigfealdum lárcræftum lectioni . . . uacent

lár-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
lár-fæsten, es; n.
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A fast imposed as discipline Ǽfæstenu . . . and mínra dǽda gewitena lárfæstenu ic oft ágǽlde, Angl. xi. 99, 63