land-lagu
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Law or regulation prevailing in a district Ðeós landlagu stænt on suman lande hæc consuetudo stat in quibusdam locis, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 29. Landlaga sýn mistlíce swá ic ǽr sǽde leges et consuetudines terrarum sunt multiplices et varie, sicut prelibavimus
Linked entry: lagu
land-rǽden
Institution ⬩ disposition
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Institution, disposition, ordinance of a district or country Héde se ðe scíre healde ðæt hé wite á hwæt eald landrǽden sý and hwæt þeóde þeáw videat qui scyram tenet, ut semper sciat que sit antiqua terrarum institutio, vel populi consuetudo, L. R. S
land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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a share, division, or portion of land, land, country Sume hine lǽtaþ ofer landscare ríðum tórinnan. Nis ðæt rǽdlíc þing gif swá hlutor wæter tóflóweþ æfter feldum óð hit tó fenne werþ some let it [spring of water] run away over their land in rills. It
land-sócn
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Search for land or country Tófaran on landsócne to separate in search of land [of the dispersion at the tower of Babel], Cd. 80; Th. 100, 17; Gen. 1665: 81; Th. 102, 12; Gen. 1699
langung-hwíl
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A time of longing or weariness Feala [ic] ealra gebád langunghwíla, Andr. Kmbl. 249; An. 125
laur-berige
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A berry of the laurel Lauberigan, Lchdm. iii. 122, 22: 6, 16. Laurberigie, 106, 1. Lauwinberigean, 136, 28. Lauwerberian, i. 376, 6
leác-cærse
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'A cress with an onion-like smell, alliaria officinalis' E. D. S. Plant Names. Cockayne says 'erysimum alliaria,' Lchdm. ii. 318, 7: 320, 3. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 40, leáccærse id est túncærse glosses nasturcium
leás-ferhþness
Inconstancy ⬩ falseness ⬩ folly
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Inconstancy, falseness, folly Hú micel leóhtmódnes and leásferþnes quanta mentis levitas, Past. 43, 5; Swt. 313, 10
leásmód-ness
Inconstancy
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Inconstancy, want of stability Ðære leóhtmódnesse and ðære leásmódnesse sanctus Paulus hine ládode a quibus [mentis levitas, cogitationum inconstantia] se alienum Paulus fuisse perhibuit, Past. 42, 3; Swt. 308, 6
leás-ólecung
Flattery ⬩ cajolery
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Flattery, cajolery Leásólecung lenocinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 68
leás-tyhtung
Wheedling ⬩ flattery ⬩ cajolery
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Wheedling, flattery, cajolery Leástihtinge lenocinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 68
leger-stów
A burial-place ⬩ cemetery
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A burial-place, cemetery Hálig leger [legerstów?] cimeterium, poliandrium, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 74; Wrt. Voc. 34, 9. Cyricean ðe legerstów on sý a church at which there is a burial-place, L. Edg. i. 2; Th. i. 262, 12: L. C. E. 11; Th. i. 366, 24: 3
lencten-ádl
A fever
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A fever, typhus fever, tertian fever Lengtenádl tipus, Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 24; Wrt. Voc. 19, 30. Lenctenádl tertiana, 289, 58. Lenctinádl tertiana, ii. 122, 20. Án lytel cniht franc lengtenádle wæs gelácnod ... sum cniht on langre lengtenádle wæs
leód-geþyncþ
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Rank existing amongst a people Be leódgeþincþum, L. R.; Th. i. 190, 10
leód-rúne
A witch ⬩ pythonissa
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A witch, wise woman [cf. burh-rúne furia; helle-rúne pythonissa: Grmm. D. M. 375 on the forms of feminine names in -rín, -rúna]:-- Wið ǽlcre yfelre leódrúnan ... eft óðer dust and drenc wið leódrúnan, L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 138, 23, 26. Cockayne translates
leód-scearu
A people ⬩ nation
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A people, nation, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 12; Exod. 337
leóhtmód-ness
levity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ inconstancy
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Lightness of mind, want of gravity or steadiness, levity, frivolity, inconstancy Gif ǽresð se wyrtruma biþ forcorfen ðæt is sió leóhtmódnes ... Mon hine bewarige wið ða leóhtmódnesse ... Paulus cwæþ 'Wéne gé nú ðæt ic ǽnigre leóhtmódnesse brúce' ...
Linked entry: leóht-mód
leóred-ness
Migration ⬩ departure ⬩ extasy ⬩ vision
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Migration, departure, extasy, vision Liórednesse visione spiritali, Hpt. Gl. 486, 30
leór-ness
Going ⬩ departure ⬩ withdrawal
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Going, departure, withdrawal Dægas leórnisse his dies assumptionis ejus, Lk. Skt. Rush. 9, 51. Leornisse transmigrationis, Ps. Surt. ii. 191, 3. In leórnisse in secessu [cf. gang II.], Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 15, 17
leóþ-gidding
A poem ⬩ song
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A poem, song, Andr. Kmbl. 2956; An. 1481
Linked entry: gidding