Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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bóc-riht

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-riht, es; n.

BOOK-RIGHT, the right of a will or charter ⬩ testamenti rectitudo vel jus

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BOOK-RIGHT, the right of a will or charter; testamenti rectitudo vel jus Þegenes lagu is, ðæt he sý his bócrihtes wyrðe taini lex est, ut sit dignus rectitudine testamenti sui, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 1

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðegenes lagu is ꝥ hé sý his bócrihtes wyrðe, and ꝥ hé ðreó ðinc of his lande dó, 432, 4. Norðhymbra preósta lagu, ii. 290, 1. Ðeów swán and ðeów beócere æfter forðsíðe beón ánre lage wyrðe, i. 436, 20. <b>I d.

þegen

(n.)
Grammar
þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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Ðegenes lagu is, ðæt hé sý his bócrihtes wyrðe, and ðæt hé ðreó ðinc of his lande dó, fyrdfæreld and burhbóte and brycgeweorc. Eác of manegum landum máre landrilit áríst tó cyniges gebanne, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 4-7.

Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegin þén

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