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íg-land

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Add: iég-land, í-land Án íglond ligð út on gársecg . . . þeáh nú ánra hwá wealde þæs íglandes, Met. 16, 12-17. On þám iéglande þe Sicilia hátte, Bt. 15; F. 48, 20. On án íglond út on Wendelsǽ, Bt. 38, l ; F. 194, ll.

ceáp-land

(n.)
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bought land (?) Ic an mín wíf al ðat ceáplond and dat óðer ðat ic mid hire nam, C. D. iv. 294, 18

feld-lǽs

(n.)
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Cf. feld-land

út-land

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út-land, es; n.

a foreign countryout-lying land

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Th. 147, 3. out-lying land.

gehlot-land

(n.)
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gehlot-land, es; n.

Land appointed by lotan inheritanceterra sorte assignātapossessio

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Land appointed by lot, an inheritance; terra sorte assignāta, possessio Híg hine bebirigdon on his gehlotland sepĕliērunt eum in fīnĭbus possessiōnis suæ, Jos. 24, 30

land-firding

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land-firding, e; f.
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Military operations on land Æt ðám ende ne beheóld hit nán þing seó scipfyrding ne seó landfyrding búton folces geswinc and feós spylling, Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 36

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mynster-land

(n.)
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mynster-land, es; n.
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Land belonging to a monastery Ædelwold sealde mé tó gehwerfe ðone hám Heartingas on sixtigum hídum wið ðám mynsterlande ðe líð intó Élíg, C. D. iii. 60, 32

fóstor-land

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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

Eást-land

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Substitute: <b>eást-land,</b> es; n. an eastern land; in pl. eastern lands, the East Hé cóm tó þám eástlande venit in terram orientalem, Gen. 29, 1.

land-búende

(adj.)
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land-búende, adj.
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Inhabiting a country, living on the earth Hwá ðæs leóhtes londbúende brúcan móte who that lives on land may enjoy that light, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 15; Sch. 80

fóster-land

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land assigned for the support of monks (ad cibum monachorum) Ich Æðelstán ... grantye ... .xxx. hýden on Sidemyntone tó fósterland, and tó at Chelmyntone, and six at Hylfelde, C.D. v. 236, 10.] Add: [

ár-leás

(adj.)
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ár-leás, def. se ár-leása; adj. [ár, leás].

void of honourhonourlessdisgracefulinfamouswickedimpiousinhonestusimpiusinfamispitilessmercilesscruelcrudelis

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Lamb. 1, 4, 5.

tún-land

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tún-land, es; n.
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Land of an estate or a farm Ðis sindon ða lond*-*gemǽra ðæra túnlonda ðe intó Perscóran belimpaþ these are the boundaries of the lands forming the estate of Pershore, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 76, 28

timber-land

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timber-land, es; n.
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Land on which to grow timber .x. hýde æt Ercecombe tó tymberlonde, C.D. v. 236, 12. Cf. wudu-land

mægen-leás

(adj.)
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mægen-leás, adj.

Without strengthpowerlessweakfeeble

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Seó sáwul, gif heó næfþ ða hálgan láre, heó biþ ðonne weornigende and mægenleás, Homl. Th. i. 168, 33. Icel. megin-lauss.]

gafol-land

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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

lang-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lang-líce, adv.

Longat lengthfor a long time

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Langlíce on gebedum læg, 160, 35: 510, 25. Langlíce bæd, i. 66, 23

fæst-land

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fæst-land, es; n.
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Land adapted to resist attack, that is hard to invade Fóran wé þurh ðá fæstlond and þurh þá ungeférenlican eorþan we marched through country which could easily have been defended and over ground that was almost impassable, Nar. 17, 6

geréf-lang

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Ger. ge-lang affinis. (?)

gedál-land

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Add: Dole-land, common land in which various persons have portions indicated by land-marks. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. c. iv Ðás nigon hída licggeað ongemang óðran gedállande, feldlǽs gemáne and mǽda gemáne and yrðland gemǽne, C. D. vi. 39, 9.

Linked entry: ge-dǽle