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cǽg-loca

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Dele: 'The action . . . key-locking.' The cǽglocan in the passage are the repositories which the wife could lock up with keys (v. cǽg supra); if the stolen property were not put into these, the keys of which were in her keeping, she was to be held guiltless

ferhþ-loca

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Þǽr ic móste mód gefeðran, þínne ferðlocan, feðrum mínum pennas sibi cum mens induit, Met. 24, 5. Add

fore-locc

(n.)
Grammar
fore-locc, es; m.

A fore-lock

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A fore-lock Foreloccas antiae (frontis ), An. Ox. 7. 375: 8, 378

Linked entries: locc fore-feax

ge-loda

(n.)
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a brother

ge-lodr

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In 1. 3 read gelodr

Linked entry: -lodr

ge-lóme

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Gelóme crebrius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 64. Þider gelóme (frequenter) se Hǽlend cwóm, Jn. R. 18, 2. Gyrdelse ðe hine man gelóme gyrt zona qua semper praecingitur, Ps. Th. 108, 19. Gelóme ic eów sǽde, Hml. Th. ii. 72, 24: i. 566, 34. Þider þú fundadest longe

gewit-loca

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Gif þú áwyrtwalast of gewitlocan (cf. of ðínum móde, Bt. 23; F. 78, 33) leása gesǽlþa, Met. 12, 26. Þone wísan on gewitlocan scamian (cf. hine scamian, Bt. 19; F. 68, 23), 10, 12. Sume ðone wæterscipe weriað on gewitlocan, wísdómes streám, Past. 469,

heáfod-loca

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-loca, an; m.
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A stull Heáfodlocan (cf. heáfudponnan, lxx, 9) capitali, Lch. i. lxxiv, 10

wed-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wed-loga, an ; m.

One who is false to a pledge or engagement

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One who is false to a pledge or engagement On ðison gére swác Harðacnut Eádulf eorl under his grðle, and hé wæs ðá wedloga. Chr. 1041 ; Erl. 166, 33. Ic ðé eom andetta mínra synna . . . ic eom wedloga, Anglia xii. 501, 19. Ðæt gé ne beón wedlogan ne

Bryten-lond

(n.)
Grammar
Bryten-lond, es; n.

The land of BritainBritanniæ terra

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The land of Britain; Britanniæ terra Maximus, se cásere, wæs on Bryten-londe geboren Maximus, the emperor, was born in the land of Britain, Chr. 381; Ing. 11. 9

hord-loca

(n.)
Grammar
hord-loca, an; m.

A treasure-chest, coffer, metaph. the mind

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A treasure-chest, coffer, metaph. the mind Ðeáh ðe hé feohgestreón under hordlocæn ǽhte though he had wealth in his coffer, Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 11; Jul. 43. Heald hordlocan hyge fæste bind keep thy thought's treasury, fast bind thy mind, 122 a; Th.

loc-feax

(n.)
Grammar
loc-feax, es; n.

Hair

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Hair Ðæs wonges locfeax cæsaries, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 57

lóh-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
lóh-sceaft, es; m.

A boltbar

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A bolt, bar(?) Gaderode mé kigelas and stuþan sceaftas and lóhsceaftas, Shrn. 163, 6

Linked entry: sceaft-lóha

lóm-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
lóm-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte

repeatfrequent

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To use often, repeat, frequent Lómlǽhtan frequentabant, Hpt. Gl. 457, 44

loc-bore

(n.)
Grammar
loc-bore, an; f.
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One wearing long hair, a free woman Frí wíf locbore, L. Ethb. 73; Th. 1. 20, 7. See the note there, and Grmm. R. A. 286, 239

Linked entry: bore

loc-gewind

(n.)
Grammar
loc-gewind, es; n.

Hair

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Hair Locgewind vel fexnes capillatura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 38

Linked entry: ge-wind

loh-sceaft

Grammar
loh-sceaft, l. lóh-sceaft,
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and add: a stick with a strap to it (?)

hleów-lora weorþan

(v.)

to become unprotected

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to become unprotected, Cd. 92; Th. 117, 14; Gen. 1953

for-lor

(n.)
Grammar
for-lor, es; m.

Destructionperditionlossperdĭtio

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Destruction, perdition, loss; perdĭtio Hæleða forlor men's perdition, Cd. 33; Th. 45, 4; Gen. 721. Ic ofslóg ðis folc and to forlore gedyde I slew and destroyed this people, Past. 37, 2; Hat. MS. 49 b, 23: Andr. Kmbl. 2846; An. 1425. Mid hæleða forlore

mæst-lón

(n.)

pulleys at the top of the mast over which the ropes are drawn

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pulleys at the top of the mast over which the ropes are drawn Carceria, mæstlón, sunt in cacumine arboris trocliae, quasi flicteria, per quas funes trahuntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 59. (?)