lafor
A leopard
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Swelce eác laforas ðǽr cwóman unmǽtlícre micelnisse and monig óðer wildeór and eác tigris nec minus apri ingentis forme mixti maculosis lincibus tygribusque, Nar. 15, 1
lah
Law
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Law Ǽlc mynetere ðe betihtlad sí bicge him lah mid xii óran [cf. bicge him lage, Th. i. 294, 8] let every minter that is accused buy himself law with xii ores [v. lah-ceáp], L. Eth. iii. 8; Th. i. 296, 16
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lah-riht
Legal right
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Legal right Ǽghwylc lahriht ge burhriht ge landriht every legal right, both of town and country, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 19. Gif hwá openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht Cristes oþþe cyninges gewyrce if any one act in open contradiction to the legal right
lah-slit
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N. P. L. 51: 52: 53; Th. ii. 298, 9: 12: 15. The word is continued in the Laws of William the Conqueror In Danelahe erit iii forisfactura de suo laslite [laxlite in French], Th. i. 483, 24.
lám-fæt
the body
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A vessel of clay, the body, Exon. 74 a; Th. 277, 9; Jul. 578: l00 a; Th. 375; Seel. 133
land-begenga
husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ a native
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Lind. 12, 1. an inhabitant of a country, a native Ðá sægdon mé ða londbigengan mihi locorum incole affirmabant, Nar. 20, 16. Ðám sylfan landbigengum ipsis indigenis, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 34.
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land-búend
A settlement ⬩ colony
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A settlement, colony Seó landbúend colonia, Nar. 33, 8
land-fæsten
A land-fastness ⬩ a pass
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A land-fastness, a strong military position on land, a pass Leoniða on ánum nearwan londfæstenne him wiðstód Leonida in angustiis Thermopylarum obstitit, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 80, 14
land-gewyrpe
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A heap of earth thrown up[?] Andlang ðare landgewirpa, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 453, 30. On ða landgewyrpu ... andlang ðara landgewyrpa, 434, 2-4
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land-ríca
a land-lord
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N. P. L. 49; Th. i. 298, 5. Gif hwá borhleás orf hæbbe, and landrícan hit befón, ágife ðæt orf and gilde xx óran, L. Eth. iii. 5; Th. i. 296, 1
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land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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It is not a wise thing if water so pure disperses itself along the fields, until it becomes a marsh, Past. 65; Swt. 469, 5.
land-stycce
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A small portion of land Him gebyreþ sum landstycce for his geswince convenit, ut aliquam terre portiunculam habeat pro labore suo, L. R. S. 18; Th. i. 440, 8. Him man hwilces landsticces geann, 19; Th. i. 440, 14
lang-fǽre
Lasting ⬩ enduring ⬩ old
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Lasting, enduring, old Nánwuht nis langfǽres on ðís andweardan lífe there is nothing lasting in this present life, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 6. On langfǽre ylde bet hé déþ at an advanced age he will do better, Lchdm. iii. 188, 26.
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lang-first
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A long space of time Norde fæder engla in ðisse lífe longfyrst ofer ðæt wunian léton the father of angels would not let him remain in this life a long space after that, Exon. 46 b; Th. 159, 2; Gú. 920
lang-sceaft
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Having a long shaft Mid longsceaftum sperum longas habebamus hastas, Nar. 13, 24. Mid longsceaftum sperum venabulis. 15, 28
lang-scip
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A long-ship, a large war-ship Ðá hét Alfred cyng timbran langscipu [other MSS. lange scipu] ongén ða æscas, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 11
lár-hús
a school ⬩ gymnasium
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A house for instruction, a school; gymnasium, Hpt. Gl. 405, 11
lár-spell
A discourse ⬩ sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ treatise
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A discourse, sermon, homily, treatise God cwæþ be láreówum on his lárspelle God said of teachers in his sermon, Homl. Th. ii. 320, 25. Se bisceop ðam folce sǽde lárspell, Homl. Skt. 3, 141. Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella I have composed quite
lár-swic
Deception ⬩ seduction ⬩ delusion ⬩ treachery
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Deception, seduction, delusion, treachery Mycel is nýdþearf manna gehwylcum, ðæt hé wið deúfles lárswice warnige symle, Wulfst. 309, 14
laser
tare ⬩ cockle
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tare, cockle Laser, zizania, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 29; Wrt. Voc. 55, 34. Lasur lolium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 15. Ǽtan ł lasor zizania, 72, 61