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lang-sceaft

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-sceaft, adj.
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Having a long shaft Mid longsceaftum sperum longas habebamus hastas, Nar. 13, 24. Mid longsceaftum sperum venabulis. 15, 28

lim-lǽw

(n.)
Grammar
lim-lǽw, e; f.

mutilation

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Injury to the limbs, mutilation Bendas oððe dyntas ... hwílum lim-lǽwa and hwílum líflǽsta bonds and blows ... at times mutilations of the limbs, and at times deprivation of life, L. Pen. 3, note; Th. ii. 278, 27

Linked entry: lǽw

lund-laga

(n.)
Grammar
lund-laga, an; m.

Reinkidney

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Rein, kidney Ðes lundlaga hic rigen oððe ren, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 13; Som. 9, 34. Lundlaga lien, Wrt. Voc. 45, 14: renunculus, ii, 118, 72. Lundlagan renunculi, Wrt. Voc, 44, 67: renunculæ, 65, 58. Ðú nymst twegen lundlagan sumes duos renes, Ex. 29, 13: Lev

Linked entry: -laga

mǽd-land

(n.)
Grammar
mǽd-land, es; m.

Meadow-landgrass-land which is mown

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Meadow-land, grass-land which is mown Ǽgðer ge mǽdlondes ge eyrþlondes both of land for mowing and of arable land, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 95, 16. Médlandes, vi. 219, 4

Linked entry: mǽdwe-land

mǽdwe-land

(n.)
Grammar
mǽdwe-land, es; n.

Meadow-landland where grass that is to be mown grows

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Meadow-land, land where grass that is to be mown grows Hió sellaþ him ðæt médweland bí westan Sæferne . . Éc twelf æceras gódes mǽdwelandes, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 150, 10-18 : vi. 219, 3

Linked entry: mǽd-land

mersc-land

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

Marsh-land

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Marsh-land Forneáh ǽlc tilþ on mersclande forférde, Chr. 1098; Erl. 235, 12

mór-land

(n.)
Grammar
mór-land, es; n.

Moor-landwild hilly country

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Moor-land, wild hilly country Se ðe on wéstenne, méðe and meteleás, mórland trydeþ, Elen. Kmbl. 1221; El. 612. He wunede on ðám mórlandum ( in montanis), Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 33. Se ǽresta láreów on ðám mórlandum ða ðe syndon tó norþdǽle Pehta ríces primus

neód-laðu

(n.)
Grammar
neód-laðu, f.

Earnest, hospitable invitation

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Earnest, hospitable invitation Hé frægn gif him wǽre æfter neódlaðu niht getǽse Beowulf asked if to Hrothgar the night had been pleasant after the hospitality of the preceding evening (?) (cf. him wæs ful boren and freóndlaðu wordum bewægned, 2389; B

niht-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
niht-lang, adj.

Night-longa night in length

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Night-long, a night in length Nafa ðú nánes þearfan wedd mid ðé nihtlangne fyrst si pauper est proximus tuus, non pernoctabit apud te pignus, Deut. 24, 12 : Cd. Th. 191, 2; Exod. 208 : Andr. Kmbl. 1668; An. 836 : 2620; An. 1311 : Elen. Kmbl. 134; El.

Peác-land

(n.)
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the Peak of Derbyshire Eádweard cyning fór ðonan ( from Nottingham) on Peácland tó Badecan wiellon (Bakewell ), Chr. 924; Erl. 110, 11. v. next word

preóst-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-lagu, e ; f.
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Law affecting priests Norþhymbra preósta lagu ... Ǽlc preóst finde him .xii. festermen ðæt hé preóstlage wille healdan mid rihte, L. N. P. L. 2 ; Th. ii. 290, 1-16

eard-land

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

Country patria

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Country; patria Sealde heora eardland eall Israhélum dĕdit terram eōrum hæredĭtātem Israel, Ps. Th. 134, 12

grið-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
grið-lagu, e; f.
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Law concerning 'grith,' L. Eth. 7, 9; Th. i. 330, 22

Got-land

(n.)
Grammar
Got-land, GOTHLAND; Gothia, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 2.

Gréc-land

(n.)
Grammar
Gréc-land, es; n.
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Greece Dionisius gewende on ðam tíman fram Gréclande Dionysius returned at that time from Greece, Homl. Th. i. 558, 33

Scot-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scot-land, es; n.
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Ireland, where the Scottas lived before migrating to the country now called Scotland On westende ( of Europe ) is Scotland, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 27. Án diácon wearð forþféred on Sceot*-*lande (cf. an Scotta eálonde, 215, 21), and ðæs diácones nama wæs

scrúd-land

(n.)
Grammar
scrúd-land, es; n.
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Land given to provide means for buying clothing, land given as scrúdfultum, q. v. Hé geunn(-ann?) ðæs landes æt Orpedingtúne for his sáwle intó Cristes cyrican ðám Godes þeówum tó scrúdland. Chart. Th. 329, 19

fur-lang

Similar entry: ir-furlang

bonde-land

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

Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writingtributaria terra

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Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writing; tributaria terra Án abbot, Beonne geháten, lét Cúþbriht ealdorman x bonde-lande [x tributariorum terram, vel terram x manentium] æt Swinesheáfde, mid læswe and

gehlot-land

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

Land appointed by lotan inheritanceterra sorte assignātapossessio

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Land appointed by lot, an inheritance; terra sorte assignāta, possessio Híg hine bebirigdon on his gehlotland sepĕliērunt eum in fīnĭbus possessiōnis suæ, Jos. 24, 30