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lama

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Þes lama wǽdla búton handcræfte (cf. sé læg bedryda fram cildháde oð his geendunge, 96, 21), Hml. Th. ii. 98, 16. Add

lǽste

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Laesti vordalium Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 17. Add

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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Ne lǽt ðú ðec síðes getwǽfan láde gelettan lifgende monn do not thou let living man divert thee from thy journey, hinder thee from thy way, 123 b; Th. 474, 3; Bo. 24: Beo. Th. 1142 ; B. 569.

lacu

Grammar
lacu, For 'A pool ...
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Be healfan stréme intó Sandfordes læce; swá andlang ðǽre lace intó Sandforda; of Sandforda eást andlang ðǽre lace, C.D. iv. 134, 21-24. Oð ðá lace; andlang lace út on Temese, v. 302, 34: 330, 28: vi. 2, 12: vi. 8, 26. On þá fúlan lace, v. 13, 22.

land

Grammar
land, <b>. I.</b>
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Þý lǽs se hwǽte cíða leás licge on þǽm lande, Met. 12, 6. ground as property, landed property Landes lǽn precarium Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 2. Ic gean him and his wífe þæs landes æt Stoctúne wið án hund mancosa, Cht. Th. 597, 33.

lǽce

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Voc. i. 22, 28. v. riht-, un-, weorold-lǽce. Add On lǽces mere, C.D. v. 325, 19. On lǽcemere, vi. 72, 25. Tó lǽces forda, 9, 11. On lǽces ford, 120, 9

lǽne

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Ðæt wæs tó suíðe scortre hwíle, for ðǽm ðiós woruld is suíðe lǽnu in tempore paucorum dierum, Past. 255, 11. Sé ðe égðer wilt ge þissa lǽnena stóclífa ge þára écena háma, Solil. H. 2, 14. Add

lang

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Ne biþ him hyht ꝥ hý þis lǽne líf long gewunien, Ph. 481. (2 a) as predicate of an impersonal clause :-- Næs þá long tó þon þæt . . . B. 2591 : 2845. Lang bið syððan þæt se gást nimeð æt Gode . . . Seel. 5.

lást-weard

(n.)
Grammar
lást-weard, es; m.

a successorpursuer

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One who keeps in the steps of another, a successor, pursuer Ðone lástweard, his swǽsne sunu [Isaac], Cd. 162; Th. 203, 7; Exod. 400. Wræcmon gebád láðne lástweard the fugitive awaited the foe that followed, 148; Th. 186, 13; Exod. 138. Ús is swíðe uncúþ

lást-word

(n.)
Grammar
lást-word, es, n.

Reportreputation

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Report, reputation Eorla gehwam lástworda betst the best reputation for every man, Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 12; Seef 73

-lǽca

(suffix)

Similar entry: ag-lǽca

-lafte

(suffix)

Similar entry: twi-lafte

lann

(n.)
Grammar
lann, loon, e; f.

A bondfetter

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A bond, fetter Licgeþ lonnum fæst lies fast in fetters, Salm. Kmbl. 531; Sal. 265. Fæste gebindan, lonnum belúcan, 557; Sal. 278

land

(n.)
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In l. 7 for ferigen l. ferigan

-lǽðu

(suffix)

Similar entry: mót-lǽðu

-lǽttu

(suffix)

Similar entry: un-lǽttu

lǽwe

(adj.)
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mutilated, weakened

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

-lǽde

(suffix)

Similar entry: un-lǽd