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land-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
land-leás, adj.

Landless

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Landless, not having land Be landleásum mannum. Gif hwylc landleás man folgode on óðre scire, L. Ath. i. 8; Th. i. 204, 4

land-leód

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Ealle þá landleóde (ealle þá þe þǽr on lande wǽron, v. l. ), 145, 7. Men þe þǽr landleóde wǽron ejusdem loci accolae 230, 8. Næs ná ꝥ án ꝥ seó stów wæs ungewunelic, ac eác swilce uncúð þám landleódum him selfum, Hml. S. 23 b, 107.

Scot-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scot-land, es; n.
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Án diácon wearð forþféred on Sceot*-*lande (cf. an Scotta eálonde, 215, 21), and ðæs diácones nama wæs Njál háten, Wulfst. 205, 16. Hí cómon on Scotland ( Hiberniam ) upp, Bd. l, l; S. 474, 10.

wudu-land

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

Wood-landforest-landforest

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Wood-land, forest-land, forest Ægðer ge etelond ge eyrðlond ge eác wudoland, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 95, 14. Ðæt wudæland, ðæ mín fæder geúþæ, iii. 2:73, 27.

land-hæbbende

(adj.)
Grammar
land-hæbbende, adj.
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owning land Monnes landhæbbendes, L. In. 45; Th. i. 130, 10. Similar entries Cf. landágende. holding a country as a ruler Landhæbbende ł his cynnes látwa tribunus, Rtl. 193, 15

un-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
un-lagu, e; f.

violation of lawillegalityinjusticea bad law

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Ðeáh ðe Harold ðæt land mid unlage út nam, 274, 29. Ic nelle geðafian ðat man hym ǽnige unlage beóde nec impune feram quod aliquis ei injuriam inferat aut molestiam, 296, 27: vi. 187, 22. Se ðe unlage rǽre oþþe undóm gedéme, L. C.

land-efne

(n.)
Grammar
land-efne, es; n.
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Amount of landed property Se cyng lét tóscyfton þone here geond eall þis land tó his mannon, and hí fǽddon þone here ǽlc be his landefne, Chr. 1085 ; P. 216, 3

Linked entry: efne

feld-land

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opposed to wood-land Ðæs landes gemǽra ðe gebyriað intó ðǽre westmestan híde feldlondes and wudulandes, C. D. iii. 262, 19. Ðone þriddan æcer feldlandes and healfne ðone wudu, 4, 10. Add:

ham-land

(n.)
Grammar
ham-land, es; n.
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Enclosed pasture land Is þæs londes þridde half híd þe Óswold selð Cynelme tó bóclonde swá hé hit him ǽr hæfde tó forlǽten tó lǽnlonde ǽgðær ge on earðlonde ge on homlonde, Cht. E. 208, 11

heáfod-land

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Take here hafud-land in Dict., and add: [v. land; ] Of ðǽre stréte on ðá díc ðe scýt tó ðám heáfodlande; ðonne on westhealfe ðæs heáfodlandes, C. D. v. 275, 17-19. Tó þám heáfodlonde, iii. 384, 32.

bónde-land

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Land held by a bónda as tenant. The Latin version of the charter cited is: terram x manentium (manentes inquilini, coloni, sed proprie qui in solo alieno manent, in villis, quibus nec liberis suis invito domino licet recedere, Migne). Substitute:

eást-lang

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-lang, adv.

Along the east orientem versus

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Along the east; orientem versus Se wudu iséastlang and westlang hund twelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, from east to west [lit. along the east and along the west], is one hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 30

bóc-land

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-land, -lond, es; n.

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 freeholdex scripto sive charta possessa terra, terra codicillaris

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BOOK-LAND, land held by a charter or writing, free from all fief, fee, service or fines.

Linked entry: bóc-æceras

land-ágende

(adj.)
Grammar
land-ágende, adj.
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Owning land Gif gesíþcund mon landágende forsitte fyrde, geselle cxx scill. and þolie his landes, L. In. 51; Th. i. 134, 8. Landágende man, L. N. P. L. 49: 52; Th. ii. 298, 4: 10.

Linked entries: ágan land-hæbbende

land-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
land-bóc, f.
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A charter in which land is granted Ðis is ðara xxv hída landbóc ðe Eádgár cyng gebócede Gode and Sca. Marian intó Abbandúne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 29, 10. Ic wylle ðæt man ágyfe ðám híwum æt Domrahamme hyra landbéc, ii. 116, 35.

land-mearc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
land-mearc, adj.
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Substitute: <b>land-mearca,</b> an ; m. A territory. [v. mearc ; (in Dict.)] Se landmearca Galaad, Ps. L. 59, 9. (Similar glosses in Ps. L. are : Arabiae þæs landes, 71, 15. Sylo þǽre stówe, 77, 61. Libanum þone holt, 71, 16.

mearc-land

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

a border-landwaste land lying outside the cultivateda districtcountryterritory

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a border-land, waste land lying outside the cultivated Se mylenhám and se myln and ðæs mearclandes swá mycel swá tó þrím hídon gebyraþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 189, 11. v. Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 50.

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Add: v. lác-lic Se mǽgðhád sceal God beón geoffrod be his ágenum cyre, ꝥ seó lác beo leófre þám Hǽlende, Hml. A. 33, 234. Nolde Drihten ásendan þone ðe hé sylf gehǽlde tó þám sácerde mid ǽnigre láce, Hml. Th. i. 124, 19. Gán mid láce tó Godes húse, and

and-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
and-lang, -long, [ond-]; adj.

All-alongthroughoutcontinuousextendedper totumcontinuusin longum porrectus

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All-along, throughout, continuous, extended; per totum, continuus, in longum porrectus Wæs andlangne dæg swungen was beaten all day long, Andr. Kmbl. 2550; An. 1276: Chr. 937; Th. 202, 27, col. 2; Æðelst. 21: Beo. Th. 4237; B. 2115

and-lang

(prep.)
Grammar
and-lang, ond-long, on-long; prep. only gen.

On lengthALONGby the side ofin longumper

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On length, ALONG, by the side of; in longum, per Lǽte yrnan ðæt blód nyðer andlang ðæs weofudes decurrere faciet sanguinem super crepidinem altaris; he will let the blood run down along the altar, Lev. 1, 15. Andlang ðæs [MS. ðas] wéstenes along the