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Lega-ceaster

(n.)
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Lega-ceaster, e ; f.
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Chester Hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre on Wírhealum, seó is Legaceaster (Leg-, Liege-, Lige-, v. ll. ) geháten, Chr. 894; P. 88, 6. Hé micele fyrd gelǽdde tó Legaceastre (Leige-, v. l. ad ciuitate Legionum, quae a gente Anglorum Legacaester, a Brettonibus

líf-leás

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Add: that has ceased to live Sum man . . . his feorh forlét. . . . Se hálga wer geneálǽhte þám lífleásan men (cf. þone sáwlleásan líchaman, Hml. S. 31, 249), Hml. Th. ii. 504, 35. not endowed with life Geoffrian heora lac þám lífleásum godum. Hml. S

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

orsorg-leás

(adj.)
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orsorg-leás, (?); adj.
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Without security, anxious Ǽghwylc crísten mann smeáge on him sylfum hú nearo se síðfæt bið ðǽre synfullan sáwle. For þan ne sceal nǽfre se crístena man beón orsorhleás (-lic ?), Verc. Först. 138. 16

ortgeard-leáh

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

sorh-leás

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Add -Sorhleás secura, i. sine cura, An. Ox. 797

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

wǽpen-leás

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Þá hét se árleáse healdan þone hálgan ꝥ hé wurde wǽpnlǽs (ungewǽpnod. Hml. Th. ii. 502, 14) þám hæðenum. Hml. S. 31, 117. Add

wíf-leás

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Wífleás man agamus antropus, sine coniuge homo, Hpt. 31, 15, 403. Add

ynne-leác

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Ynnileác unio, An. Ox. 53, 14. Add

and-leán

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beard-leás

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Add:: For buteo = a young man, cf. Du Cange, buteo = juvenis; and see glossary in Hpt. 31, 16, 446, probum buteonem gódne geongan

meaht-leás

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Add: weak, impotent, powerless. physically Þá fǽringa sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen and ealre his mihte . . . hé þurh-wunode swá unspecende and mihteleás forð oð þone Ðunresdæg and þá his líf álét, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 24. Hí wǽron mid þǽre meteleáste mihtleáse

feoh-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
feoh-leás, The word in B. 2441 means
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without wergild, where the slayer did not pay for the slain. Cf. 8. 2465

rest-leás

(adj.)
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rest-leás, ;adj.;

Restless, disturbed

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; Restless, disturbed; Á biþ ungestillod and restleás ðe mid ðám unþeáwum beléd biþ, R. Ben. 121, 14

rysc-leác

(n.)
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rysc-leác, es; n,

Rush leek, rush garlick allium scharnoprassum

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Rush leek, rush garlick; allium scharnoprassum Riscleác allans (allium?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 40

sac-leás

(adj.)
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sac-leás, adj.

innocentcontention, unmolested, secure

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free from charge or accusation, innocent Swerian hig ðæt hig nellan nǽnne sacleásan man forsecgean ne nǽnne sacne forhelan, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 5. Fiónge mec habbaþ sacleósne (sacleás, Lind., cf. Icel. saklaust without cause) odio me habuerunt

sǽd-leáp

(n.)
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sǽd-leáp, es; m.

a seed-leap(Essex), seed-lip (Oxford)seed-lopa seed lepesatorium, saticulumsedlepesaticulum

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A basket or other vessel of wood carried on one arm of the husbandman, to bear the seed which he sows with the other, a seed-leap(Essex), seed-lip (Oxford) . v. E. D. S. Pub. B. 18; also seed-lop, v. Old Country and Farming words, iii. Hopur or a seed

Linked entry: leáp

sáwel-leás

(adj.)
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sáwel-leás, adj.

without lifewithout soul

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without life Sáwulleás (sáwl-, MS. F.) exanimis, Ælfc. Gl. 9, 28; Zup. 56, 16. Hé feóll geswógen swylce hé sáwlleás wǽre, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 299. Hí þwógon ðone sáwlleásan líchaman, 20, 97. Magoþegna bær ðone sélestan sáwolleásne, Beo. Th. 2817; B. 1406

wæter-leás

(adj.)
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wæter-leás, adj.

Without water, dry

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Without water, dry Hig dydon hine on ðone wæterleásan pytt miserunt eum in cisternam, quae non habebat aquam, Gen. 37, 24. Hé gáð ðerh stówa (-e, Rush.) wæterleása (-e, Rush.) perambulat per loca inaquosa, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 24