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wealh-land

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

a foreign landNormandy

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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

ærþe-land

Similar entry: irþ-land

gæder-lang

Similar entry: gader-tang

Bret-land

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

Britain

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Britain On Bretlande in Britain, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 2

Bryt-land

(n.)
Grammar
Bryt-land, Bryt-lond, es; n.

The land of Britain, WalesBritannia, 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

Linked entry: Bryt-

riht-laga

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

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

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

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

(n.)
Grammar
Hálgo-land, es; n.

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

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-læg, es; n.

A cloak

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A cloak Oberlagu amfibula (amfibulum birrum villosum, Isidore) Txts. 111, 1

lah-slit

(n.)
Grammar
lah-slit, n[?]; -sliht, -slite, es; m; -slitt, e: f.
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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

Linked entries: slite -slitt

lah-ceáp

(n.)
Grammar
lah-ceáp, -cóp, es; m.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
æg-lǽc, es; n.

Miserytroubletormentmiseriatribulatiocruciatus

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Misery, trouble, torment; miseria, tribulatio, cruciatus, Elen. Grm. 1188

áter-láðe

(n.)
Grammar
áter-láðe, an ; f.

The plant cock's legpanicum crus galli

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The plant cock's leg; panicum crus galli.Betonica ? Cot. 24

án-lápe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lápe, adj.

Going aloneone by onesinguli

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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

(n.)
Grammar
átor-láðe, an; f.

The cock's spur grasspanicum 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

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-lang, dæg-long; adj.

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

(n.)

Cumberland

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Cumberland, Chr. 1000 ; Erl. 137, 1

dún-land

(n.)
Grammar
dún-land, es; n.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
druncen-læt, adj.

Slowlentus

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Slow; lentus, Cot. 124

earning-land

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

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