Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

land-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
land-hláford, es; m.

a land-lord

Entry preview:

a land-lord, an owner of land, lord of the manor Tódǽle man ða eahta dǽlas on twá and fó se landhláford tó healfum tó healfum se bisceop sý hit cynges man sý hit þegnes [cf. H.

Linked entry: hláford

land-ríca

(n.)
Grammar
land-ríca, an; m.

a land-lord

Entry preview:

A powerful man in a district, a landed proprietor, a land-lord; the term, seems equivalent to land-hláford, q. v. Heáh landríca ierarchon, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 29. Fó se landríca tó healfan, and tó healfan ðæt hundred, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 30.

Linked entry: heáh-landríca

land-begenga

(n.)
Grammar
land-begenga, an; m.

husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ a native

Entry preview:

a cultivator of land, husbandman, farmer Se mǽra landbegenga [londbegengea, MS. Cott.] magnus colonus, Past. 40, 3; Swt. 293, 2.

Linked entry: land-begang

land-stede

(n.)
Grammar
land-stede, es; m.

Land ⬩ country

Entry preview:

Land, country, Exon. 115 a; Th. 442, 22; Kl. 16

bonde-land

(n.)
Grammar
bonde-land, es; n.

Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writing ⬩ tributaria terra

Entry preview:

Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writing; tributaria terra Án abbot, Beonne geháten, lét Cúþbriht ealdorman x bonde-lande [x tributariorum terram, vel terram x manentium] æt Swinesheáfde, mid læswe and

land-openung

(n.)
Grammar
land-openung, e; f.

proscissio

Entry preview:

Breaking up of land; proscissio, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 68; Wrt. Voc. 37, 54

land-rest

(n.)
Grammar
land-rest, e; f.

A land-couch ⬩ grave

Entry preview:

A land-couch, grave Lǽtan landreste to leave the grave, Andr. Kmbl. 1561; An. 782

for-lange

(adv.)
Grammar
for-lange, (? for lange); adv.

Long ago

Entry preview:

Long ago Forlonge (olim) ꝥte heá gehreáwsadon, Lk. L. R. 10, 13. Forelong, Mt. L. 11, 21. Forelonge dudum, Rtl. 194, 1

land-fird

(n.)
Grammar
land-fird, e; f.

An expedition ⬩ a land force

Entry preview:

An expedition, journey by land, a land force Ne him tó ne dorste sciphere on sǽ ne landfyrd the fleet durst not approach them at sea nor the land force [on land], Chr. 1001; Er1. 137, 18.

Linked entries: fird scip-fird

land-brǽce

(n.)
Grammar
land-brǽce, es; m.
Entry preview:

Breaking up or ploughing of [fallow] land Landbrǽce proscissio, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 20; Wrt. Voc. 15, 20

Linked entry: -brǽce

land-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
land-spéd, e; f.
Entry preview:

Property in land Ða munecas tó biscopan gewurdan ðære cyrcean landspéde [substantiam aecclesiae], Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 349, 24

land-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
land-scipe, es; m.

region

Entry preview:

A tract of land, region Ic á ne geseah láðran landscipe never saw I a more hateful region, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 11; Gen. 376

Linked entry: land-sceap

land-here

(n.)
Grammar
land-here, es; m.
Entry preview:

A military force which acts on land [opposed to sciphere], or which belongs to the land [opposed to a foreign force] Æfter ðam gegadorode micel here hine of EástEnglum ǽgðer ge ðæs landheres ge ðara wícinga ðe hié him tó fultume áspanen hæfdon after

land-seten

(n.)
Grammar
land-seten, e; f.

an estate ⬩ occupation of land

Entry preview:

Land in possession or occupation, an estate Ðis his sió landseten æt Stántúne ðe Cénwold hæfde [then follow the boundaries], Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 403, 24.

Linked entries: feld-seten seten

eíg-land

(n.)
Grammar
eíg-land, es; n. [eá water = eíg, land land]

Water-land, an island ⬩ insŭla

Entry preview:

Water-land, an island; insŭla On ðis eíglande in this island, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 15

land-gehwearf

(n.)
Grammar
land-gehwearf, es; n.
Entry preview:

An exchange of land; commutatio terræ Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Byrhtelm biscop and Aþelwold abbod hæfdon ymbe hira landgehwerf ... Se biscop gesealde ða hída æt Cenintúne and se abbud gesealde ðæt seofontýne hýda æt Crydanbricge, Chart. Th. 191, 6

Linked entry: ge-hwearf

lǽs

Entry preview:

Þone þe ðis land gelytlede on lǽsu[m ?] oððe on gemǽru[m ?] qui istam terram diminuerit in pascuis siue metis, C. D. v. 253, 36. ¶ beólǽs pasture where there were many flowers for bees ? Cf. Beó-leáh, C.

land-búend

(n.)
Grammar
land-búend, es; m.

husbandman ⬩ a native

Entry preview:

a cultivator of the land, husbandman Fæder mín londbúend [-býend, Rush.] is pater meus agricola est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 1. Ða landbúendo agricolæ, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 38. Ðǽm lond-búendum agricolis, 33: 40: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 2.

Linked entry: búend

land-leód

(n.)
Grammar
land-leód, es; m.[?]: e; f.
Entry preview:

Ger. lant-liut is masc. v. Grff. ii. 195.] Se fyrdinge dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm the levy did the people of the country every kind of harm, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 12. Ealle ðás landleóda belicgaþ ús all these people will surround us, Jos. 7, 9

land-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
land-ádl, e; f.

Nostalgia

Entry preview:

Nostalgia [so Cockayne, but cf. lond-iuil epilepsy, Prompt. Parv.] Wið londádle, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 13