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ge-leáf

(adj.)
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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

hand-leán

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þonne hé þá handleán hafað and sceáwað, Hy. 2, 7, 12. Cf. hand-gift. Add

gold-leáf

(n.)
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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

leác-cærse

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Leáccersan, túnc[ersan] nasturcium Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 14. Add

leác-tric

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See leáh-tric

Linked entries: leáh-tric léh-tric

leáf-helmig

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For 'frondicoma, Germ. 390' substitute On léthelmigum frondicomis Germ. 390, 102

leáf-leóht

(adj.)
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leáf-leóht, adj.
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Easy to believe (?) Se gewuna þisse hálgan drohtnunge þé gedéþ leáfleóht and eáþe þæt ðe ǽr earfoðe and ancsumlic þúhte (the English version here does not follow the Latin closely, the only part of which that seems the foundation of the English is: Pro-cessu

lín-leáh

(n.)
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lín-leáh, f.
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A flax-field On línleáge geat, and ðonne on línleáge middewearde, C. D. ii. 172, 14. On línleáge eástewearde, v. 207, 21

mægen-leást

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Sum lícðrowere náhte his féðes geweald . . . hé wolde geneálǽcan his hulce, gif hé mihte. Þá ofhreów ðám munece þæs hreóflian mægenleást, Hml. Th. i. 336, 11. Sume hí bebyrigan woldon, ac hí hrædlíce for mægenleáste swulton, 404, 2 : Hml. A. 68, 79. Gif

mete-leást

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Þǽr onsæt mycel hungor, and seó mycele wǽdl þǽre meteleáste genyrwde ealle þá landleóde fames incubuerat, magnaque onmes alimentorum indigentia coangustabat, Gr. D. 145, 6. Hú mage wé þus feáwa feohtan ongeán þás meniu, nú wé synd gewǽhte mid gewinne

ortgeard-leáh

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Orcerdléh (mistakenly translates) pomerium, Hpt. 31, 11, 220

reád-leáf

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Dele '(?)', and add Andlang mearce tó reádléfan bécan, C. D. iii. 14, 7. On þæt reádleáfe treów; of ðám reádleáfan treówe, C. D. B. ii. 246, 28. (?)

styfic-leáh

(n.)
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a cleared lea (?) Tó Bedegáres styuicleáge (given as sþicleáge from another MS.), C. D. B. iii. 694, 10. Cf. stivecleiam, 638, 2, and see Philol. Soc. Trans. 1895-8, p. 541

wæter-leást

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For wæterlíste, Ps. Spl. 105, 14. Add

wit-leást

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Widtlǽste uesaniae, An. Ox. ii. 174. Add

ynne-leác

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Ynnileác unio, An. Ox. 53, 14. Add

and-leán

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fyrs-leáh

(n.)

a lea on which furze grows

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a lea on which furze grows Be norðan fyrsleáge, swá of norðenwardre fyrsleáge, C. D. v. 232, 30