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laga

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Laga statutum Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 80. Add

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, <b>. I.</b>
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the body of rules binding on the members of a state or community Hé hit béte swá swá lagu tǽce ( as the law directs ), Ll. Th. i. 418, 14. Swá man swýðor spæc embe rihte lage swá mann dyde máre unlaga, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 19. Hí eallum folce góde lage

land

Grammar
land, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hé sende ofer sǽ getríwe men, and hig férdon swá wíde landes swá hig faran mihton, C. D. B. ii. 389, 20. Add Lond territorium Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 14. Landes manna scipa .xlii., Chr. 1046; P. 168, 11. Ealle þá þe þǽr on lande (ealle þá landleóde,

lacu

Grammar
lacu, For 'A pool ...
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lake' substitute: A stream, water-course, and add In australi atque in occidente habens torrentem cuius uocabulum Fiscesburne ... in oriente aquam quae Anglorum lingua Lake nominatur habens, quae est duarum, quae ibi sunt, ulterior ... Insuper memoratam

-lǽde

(suffix)

Similar entry: un-lǽd

lǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽge, (?); adj.
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Fallow, unploughed; in cpds. lǽg-æcer, C. D. iii. 442, 9

lang

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Add: of space relations. great in measurement from end to end. of a line, way, journey, &amp;c. Lang and stearc weg itiner Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 36. Rúmre racenteáge, langre línan, Sal. 294. Sume habbað swíðe langne weg, Solil. H. 44, 7 : Gen. 554. Werod

-lang

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-lang

lanu

Grammar
lanu, v. lane.

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láþ

(n.)
Grammar
láþ, es; n.
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Nis him nán láð, hé rest hine eáðe, Ps. Th. 40, 9. Þæt nán wiht ne sý . . . þæs leófes ne þæs láðes þæt hig þonne mihte fram úres Drihtnes lufan ásceádan, Wlfst. 185, 2. Ne cweðe gé nán láð ðǽm deáfan non maledices surdo Past. 453, 1. Gif hit ꝥ wǽre,

latu

(n.)
Grammar
latu, e ; f.
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Add: delay Þá gesettan bíleouene his gebróðrum gebeóde hé on rihtne tíman búton late fratribus constitutam annonam sine mora offerat R. Ben. 55, 12. ' Álǽdað mé nú tó bútan late eówerne ealdor.' Hig clipodon þá þone cniht him raðe tó þe hira heáfodman

lacu

(n.)
Grammar
lacu, e; f.

A poolpondlake

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A pool, pond, piece of water, lake Óþ ðæt seó lacu út scýt—cðæt norþ andlang lace to the point where the water runs out of the lake ... then along the lake, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 250, 26. Ðonne of exa[n] on ða smala[n] lace of ðære lace eft on exan then

Linked entry: fisc-lacu

-lǽcea

(suffix)

lǽne

(n.)
Grammar
lǽne, an; f.
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= [?] lǽn, Shrn. 164, 6

Linked entry: lǽn-dagas

lǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽre, adj.

Empty

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Empty [see next word.]

læst

Similar entry: læssa

lǽst

(n.)
Grammar
lǽst, e; f.

a boot

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A covering for the foot, a boot Lǽste ocreæ, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 25; Wrt. Voc. 26, 24

lǽst

(n.)

actperformance

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act, performance(?) Nalles hige gehyrdon háliges láre siððan leófes leóþ lǽste neár swég swiðrode they did not neglect the holy one's [Moses] teaching, after the loved one's lay, when the time drew nearer for action [crossing the Red Sea], and his voice

-lǽte

(suffix)

Similar entry: æ-lǽten

lætt

(n.)
Grammar
lætt, e; f.

A lath

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A lath Lætta asseres, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 42; Wrt. Voc. 26, 41. Latta vel reafteres asseres, 108; Som. 78, 123; Wrt, Voc. 58, 35

Linked entry: latta