wealh-land
a foreign land ⬩ Normandy
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a foreign land Ǽghwǽr eorðan dǽr wit earda leás mid wealandum wunian (winnan, MS.) sceoldon (cf. mé ellþeódigne, l. 20), Cd. Th. 163, 30; Gen. 2706. Normandy (cf. Icel. í Vallandi er síðan var kallat Norðmandi) Com Eádweard hider tó lande of Weallande
Linked entry: wealand
gæder-lang
Similar entry: gader-tang
Bret-land
Britain
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Britain On Bretlande in Britain, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 2
Bryt-land
The land of Britain, Wales ⬩ Britannia, Cambria
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The land of Britain, Wales; Britannia, Cambria Ðá fór Harold mid scipum of Brycgstówe abútan Brytland then Harold went with his ships from Bristol about Wales, Chr. 1063; Ing. 251, 21. Into Brytlande in Walliam, Chr. 1063; Gib. 170, 41, note l
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riht-laga
Right or just law, equity
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Right or just law, equity Rihtlaga is, ðæt man óðran gebeóde, ðæt hé wylle ðæt man him gebeóde, Wulfst. 274, 11. v. next word
Linked entry: laga
hafud-land
A headland, boundary
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A headland, boundary Hafudland limites, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 77; Wrt. Voc. 38, 3
Linked entry: heáfod-land
Hálgo-land
A district [fylki] of Norway, Hálogaland
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A district [fylki] of Norway, Hálogaland Óhthere sǽde ðæt sió scir hátte Hálgoland ðe hé on búde. Hé cwæþ ðæt nán mann ne búde be norþan him Ohthere said that the district was called Halogaland that he lived in. He said that no one lived north of him
ofer-læg
A cloak
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A cloak Oberlagu amfibula (amfibulum birrum villosum, Isidore) Txts. 111, 1
lah-slit
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According to its component parts the word means a breach or violation of the law; in the Laws however it is applied to the fuse payable for the breach, and is used only with reference to the Danes, the corresponding term among the English being wíte
lah-ceáp
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Payment made for re-entry into legal rights which have been lost; redemptio privilegiorum quæ per utlagationem fuerint amissa Lahceáp, L. N. P. L. 67: Th. ii. 302, 5. Lahcóp, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 244, 1. In the note on the latter passage an illustration
Linked entry: land-ceáp
æg-lǽc
Misery ⬩ trouble ⬩ torment ⬩ miseria ⬩ tribulatio ⬩ cruciatus
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Misery, trouble, torment; miseria, tribulatio, cruciatus, Elen. Grm. 1188
áter-láðe
The plant cock's leg ⬩ panicum crus galli
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The plant cock's leg; panicum crus galli.Betonica ? Cot. 24
án-lápe
Going alone ⬩ one by one ⬩ singuli
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Going alone, one by one; singuli Ánlápum oððe syndrigum hond gesette singulis manus imposuit, Lk. Lind. War. 4, 40. Ða síe awritten ánlápum quae scribantur per singula, Jn. Lind. War. 21, 25
Linked entry: án-lápum
átor-láðe
The cock's spur grass ⬩ panicum crus galli
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The cock's spur grass; panicum crus galli, L. M. 45; Lchdm. ii. 110, 8 ; 114, 11
dæg-lang
Lasting a day
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Lasting a day Dæglongne fyrst per totam diem, Salm. Kmbl. 1000; Sal. 501
Linked entry: dæg-langes
Cumer-land
Cumberland
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Cumberland, Chr. 1000 ; Erl. 137, 1
dún-land
Down or hilly land ⬩ terra montāna
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Down or hilly land; terra montāna: it is opposed to feld-land plain or level land Faraþ to Amorréa dúne and to óðrum feld-landum and dún-landum and to unhéheran landum venīte ad montem Amorrhæōrdrum et ad cētĕra campestria atque montāna et humĭliōra
Linked entry: dún
druncen-læt
Slow ⬩ lentus
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Slow; lentus, Cot. 124
earning-land
Land earned or made freehold
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Land earned or made freehold = bóc-land, Cod. Dipl. 679; A. D. 972-992; Kmbl. iii. 259, 10; Sax. Engl. i. 312, note 2