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eást-lang

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-lang, adv.

Along the east orientem versus

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Along the east; orientem versus Se wudu iséastlang and westlang hund twelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, from east to west [lit. along the east and along the west], is one hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 30

ele-land

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

A foreign countryexterna terra

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A foreign country; externa terra Ðǽr ic on elelande áhte stówe there I owned a place in a foreign country. Ps. Th. 118, 54

Linked entry: el-land

el-land

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

A foreign country, strange land externa terra

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A foreign country, strange land; externa terra Mægþ sceal, geómormód, elland tredan a maiden, sad of mind, shall tread a strange land. Beo. Th. 6031; B. 3019

Linked entries: el- ele-land

ellen-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-lǽca, an; m.

A championpŭgil, agōnista

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A champion; pŭgil, agōnista, Cot. 15

emn-land

(n.)

even land, a plain

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even land, a plain. Som. Ben. Lye

feld-land

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

Field-landa plainplānĭties

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Field-land, a plain, plānĭties. It is opposed to dún-land hilly land Faraþ to Amorréa dúne and to óðrum feld-landum and dún-landum and to unheheran landum vĕnīte ad montem Amorrhæōrum et ad cētĕra campestria atque montāna et hŭmĭliōra lŏca, Deut. 1,

fen-land

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

Fen-landmarshy landpălustris terra

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Fen-land, marshy land; pălustris terra Hí ealle Egypta awéston, bútan ðǽm fenlandum they laid waste all Egypt, except the fen-lands, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 26. He þurh ða fenland reów he rowed through the fen-lands, Guthl. 9; Gdwin. 50, 13

fóstor-land

(n.)
Grammar
fóstor-land, es; n.

Land assigned for the procuring of provisions

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Land assigned for the procuring of provisions Ðæt ylce land hí gefreódon Godes þeówan to brýce into fóstorlande they freed the same land for the use of God's servants as foster-land, Th. Diplm. A.D. 963-975; 227, 33

friþ-land

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-land, es; n.

A land with which, one is at peace, with which ' friþ' has been madepācis terra

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A land with which, one is at peace, with which ' friþ' has been made; pācis terra Hí ðone mǽstan hearm dydon ðe ǽfre here innon friþlande dón sceolde they did the greatest harm that ever an army could do in a land with which it was at peace, Chr. 1097

Fronc-land

(n.)
Grammar
Fronc-land, -lond, es; m.

Frank-landthe country of the FranksFrancōrum terra

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Frank-land, the country of the Franks; Francōrum terra On Froncland into the land of the Franks, Chr. 920; Erl. 104, 35. On Fronclond, 836; Erl. 64, 32: 880; Erl. 82, 2

gafol-land

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

Tribute-landland let for rent or servicestribūtāria terra

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Tribute-land, land let for rent or services; tribūtāria terra Búton ðam ceorle ðe on gafollande sit except the churl who resides on tribute-land, L. A. G. 2; Th. i. 154, 2. Cf. Th. Chart. p. 144-5

Linked entry: land-gafol

heregeat-land

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

Heriot-land

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Heriot-land, Chart. Th. 546, 37

hynni-laec

(n.)

ascolonium

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ascolonium, Ep. Gl. 2 d, 6

íg-land

(n.)
Grammar
íg-land, es ; n.

An island

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An island Brittene ígland is ehta hund míla lang and twá hund brád. And hér sind on ðis íglande fíf geþeóde the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred broad. And at present there are five languages in this island, Chr. pref; Erl

Linked entries: eá-land ég-land

Íra-land

(n.)
Grammar
Íra-land, es ; n.

Land of the IrishIreland

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Land of the Irish, Ireland Gewitan him ðá Norþmenn Dyflen sécean eft Íraland [Yraland, hira land], Chr. 937 ; Th. 206, col. 2, 1. 15; Æðelst. 56. In Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 19, 15, 16 Íraland is doubtful. In the Anglo-Saxon version of Bede's History Hibernia

Linked entries: Íras Ír-land

lǽce-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽce-cræftig, adj.
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Skilled in medicine Arestolobius wæs háten án cing hé wæs wís and lǽcecræftig hé ðá gesette forðon gódne morgendrænc wið eallum untrymnessum ðe mannes líchoman iond styriaþ there was a king named Arestolobius, he was wise and skilled in medicine, for

lǽce-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-cynn, es; n.
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The race of physicians or surgeons Nǽfre [ic] lǽcecynn on folcstede findan meahte ðara ðe mid wyrtum, wunde gehǽlde never could I find on the battlefield the leeches, those who with herbs my wounds would heal, Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 20; Rä. 6, 10

lǽce-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-dóm, es; m.

Medicinea medicineremedycure

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Medicine, a medicine, remedy, cure Lǽcedóm medecina, Wrt. Voc. 74, 5: Lchdm. ii. 16, 9-27. Lécedom, Kent. Gl. 148. Lǽcedóm malagma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 59: cura, 92, 61. In untrymnisse wæs ðú lǽcedóme in infirmitate sis medecina, Rtl. 105, 13. On ðare

Linked entry: lǽce-cræft

lǽce-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-sealf, e; f.

a plastermalagma

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A medicinal salve or ointment, a plaster; malagma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 77

lǽce-seax

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-seax, es; n.
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A surgeon's knife Se lǽce hýt ðonne his lǽceseax under his cláðum medicus abscondit igitur ferrum medicinale sub veste, Past. 26, 3; Swt, 187, 9