Greátan leag
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Probably Greatley, near Andover, Hants; Greatanleagensis Ealle ðis wæs gesetted on ðam miclan synoð æt Greátanleage, on ðam wæs se ærcebisceop Wulfhelme, mid eallum ðǽm æðelum mannum, and wiotan [and Æðelstáne cyninge] all this was established in the
leáf-ness
Leave ⬩ permission ⬩ licence
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Leave, permission, licence Gif him léfnys seald wǽre if leave had been given him, Bd. 1, 23; S. 486, 8. Lýfnes licentia, 4, 18; S. 586, 34: 2, 1; S. 501, 32: 5, 19; S. 640, 10. Bútan heora Ieóda geþafunge and leáfnysse absque suorum consensu ac licentia
léc
Look ⬩ sight
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Look, sight Wé sceolon áwendan úrne léc fram yfelre gesihþe, urne hlyst fram yfelre sprǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 3
Linked entry: fram-léce
leóþ-wyrhta
A poet
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A poet Leóþwyrhta poeta vel vates, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 100; Wrt. Voc. 60, 8: 73, 68. Hleot [ = leóþ] wyrhta melopius, 291, 26. Leódwyrhta melopius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 50. Ælfréd cyning Westsexna leóþwyrhta, Bt. Met. Fox introduc. 5; Met. Einl. 3
lec
sweet
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sweet Lec dulcia, Hpt. Gl. 411, 47
leác-tún
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A garden of herbs, a kitchen-garden Leáhtún ortus olerum, Wrt. Voc. 285, 76: ii. 64, 9 Ðér wæs léhtún ubi erat hortus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 1: 19, 41. Nán man on ðysne ðæg wyrte in léhtúne ne fatige, Wulfst. 227, 8: 231, 18. Monn sende in léhtúne his homo
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bót-leás
BOOTLESS, unpardonable, what cannot be remedied, recompensed or expiated ⬩ inexpiabilis
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BOOTLESS, unpardonable, what cannot be remedied, recompensed or expiated; inexpiabilis Ðonne síg ðæt bótleás then is that unpardonable, L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 24. Húsbryce is bótleás housebreaking is unpardonable, L. C. S. 65; Th. i. 410, 6
Linked entry: bót-wyrþe
geoc-led
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a yokelet (an old Kentish name for a small farm, D.D.) Mediam partem unius mansiunculae, id est án geocled ubi ecgheannglond appellatur, Txts. 455, 4. Án ioclet, C. D. i. 249, 20. In loco ubi ab indegenis ab occidente Kasingburnan appellatur demediam
leác-tric
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A lettuce Leáhtric lactuca, Wrt. Voc. 67, 47: ii. 50, 51. Lactucas ðæt is leáhtric, L. M. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6: 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 352, 20. Ðá geseah heó ǽnne leáhtric ðá lyste hí ðæs and hine genam and forgeat ðæt heó hine mid Cristes ródetácne gebletsode
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ár-leást
Dishonour ⬩ impiety ⬩ cruelty ⬩ a disgraceful deed ⬩ inhonestas ⬩ impietas ⬩ crudelitas ⬩ flagitium
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Dishonour, impiety, cruelty, a disgraceful deed; inhonestas, impietas, crudelitas, flagitium Árleásta fela many disgraceful deeds, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 12; Met. 9, 6
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Bylges leg
BISLEY, in Gloucestershire
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BISLEY, in Gloucestershire Hí cómon to Bylges lege they came to Bisley, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 15
ác-leác
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Ácleác quernum, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 29
friþ-leás
Peaceless ⬩ not included in a treaty of peace ⬩ pācis expers
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Peaceless, not included in a treaty of peace; pācis expers Gif hwá ðæne friþleásan man healde if any one keep a peaceless man, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 5
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þri-leáfe
Trefoil
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Trefoil (cf. later, three-leaved grass, triple grass. v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) Geáces súre vel þriléfe trifolium, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 24
fugeles leác
Viumum
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Viumum? Glos. Brux. Recd. 42, 30; Wrt. Voc. 68, 45
hræfnes leác
orchis,
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orchis, see Lchdm. iii. 333, col. 1. v. Grmm. D. M. 1144
fugeles leác
leás-fyrhte
false
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false Leásfyrhte is unrihtwísnys him mentita est iniquitas sibi, Ps. Spl. 26, 18
ge-léfed
Corrupted ⬩ injured ⬩ putrĭdus
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Corrupted, injured; putrĭdus Se milte wyrþ geléfed the milt becomes corrupted, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 244, 10. Hér sindon ðurh synnleáfa sáre geléfede to manege here through impunity in sin too many are injured, Swt. Rdr. 110, 174
hræfnes leác
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Hreafnes leác . . . Ðeós wyrt ðe man satyrion and óðrum naman hræfnes leác nemneð, Lch. i. 108, 16. Add