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lang-fǽre

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Langfére, langsum diuturna i. longeua An. Ox. 2072. Treówa . . . langférran, Angl. viii. 327, 24. Add

lang-lífe

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Ꝥ þú sí langlífe ( longeuus ) ofer eorðan, Scint. 173, 9. Ꝥ þú langlíf wunie, Hml. Th. ii. 36, 1. Add

lást-weard

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Add: a follower Lástðwerdas sequipedas Angl. xiii. 31, 97

laur-beám

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Laurbeámes lauri Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 12. Add

irþ-land

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Ierðland arvo (- a ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 2. Ǽgðer ge etelond ge eyrðlond ge eác wudoland, C. D. ii. 95, 14. Sextig æcera earðlondes . . . and twelt æceras miédwelandes, 150, 16: vi. 219, I.. quod Anglice dicitur xxxvi æceras yrðlandes, Midd. Flur. 47,

hynni-læc

Similar entry: ynne-leác

lyb-lǽca

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Þá lyblǽccan and þá ðe manige galdor cunnon and þá ðe gelóme galaþ . . . þá þe hér bióð þá mǽstan drýicgan and gealdorcræftigan and lyblácan ne cumað nǽfre of þǽra wyrma seáðe, Nap. 43. Lyblaecan caragios, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 24. Add: —

mǽd-land

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xii. æceras gódes mǽdlandes (mǽdwe-, v. l. ), C. D. B. ii. 266, 26. Add

mót-lǽðu

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Add: For the prevalence of the three-meetings-a-year practice see Grmm. R. A. 823, where is quoted 'tria plebiscita, quae dicuntur ungeboten.'

neáh-land

(n.)
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neighbouring country Þá henna áweg bær án fox cumende of þám neáhlande (náht feorran, v.l.) vulpis gallinas ex vicino rure veniens auferebat, Gr. D. 69, 28

norþ-land

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Add: land lying, to the north Hí hwemdon mid þám scypon wið þæs norðlandes, Chr. 1052 ; P. 180, 19

scín-lǽca

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In l. 8 l. advexerint

Scot-land

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Add Igbernia, ꝥ wé Scotland hátað Hibernia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 24, 16

timber-land

(n.)
Grammar
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

þeód-land

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On ðeódlonde in regione (uiuorum), Ps. Vos. 114, 9: Bl. H. 209, 17. Add

wealh-land

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wealh-land, I.
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add: cf. the prose version of this passage Swá oft swá wyt férdon tó fyrlenum eardurn, Gen. 20, 13

wudu-land

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Add: cf. timber-land

and-lang

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Add Innan Lundene fenn; andlang súð on Temese, C. D. iii. 73, 21

át-land

(n.)
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land where oats are grown Tó þǽre fyrh þæs bisceopes átlondes, Cht. E. 208, 34. [D. D. oat-land. Oatland as local name.]

Linked entry: land

beó-lǽs

Similar entry: lǽs