Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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-legere

(suffix)
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For 'v. for-legere' substitute: adj

-legere

(suffix)

Similar entry: for-legere

-legere

(adv.; suffix)
Grammar
-legere, adv.

Similar entry: dirne-legere

légere

Similar entry: leógere

for-legere

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

A fornicatorfornĭcātor

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A fornicator; fornĭcātor. Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: -legere

dirne-legere

(adv.)
Grammar
dirne-legere, adv.
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Licentiously Dernelegere luxuriose, Lk. L. 15, 13

Linked entry: -legere

for-legere

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Dele

leger

(n.)
Grammar
leger, es; n.

a lyingdeadsicknessdeatha coucha laira grave

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Hálig leger [legerstów (?)]

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

leger

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Ðá cwæð se cyng ꝥ mihte béon geboden him wið clǽnum legere (to obtain burial in consecrated ground [cf. C. D. i. 310, 33, given at leger-stów]), Cht. Th. 208, 31

-leger

(suffix)
Grammar
-leger, m.

Similar entry: sib-leger

-leger

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-leger, adj.

Similar entry: dirne-leger

leger-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
leger-bedd, es; n.

A sick-bedgrave

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Árís nú and ber hám ðín legerbed, i. 472, 25. Ðæt ðú ðus láðlíc legerbed cure that thou shouldst choose so loathly a couch [the grave], Soul Kmbl. 307; Seel. 157: Wulfst. 187, 12.

leger-stów

(n.)
Grammar
leger-stów, e; f.

A burial-placecemetery

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A burial-place, cemetery Hálig leger [legerstów?] cimeterium, poliandrium, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 74; Wrt. Voc. 34, 9. Cyricean ðe legerstów on sý a church at which there is a burial-place, L. Edg. i. 2; Th. i. 262, 12: L. C.

légetu

(n.)

lightning

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lightning

-legen

(suffix)
Grammar
-legen, e; f.

-legen

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-legen, adj.

Similar entry: for-legen

legie

(n.)
Grammar
legie, an; f.
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A legion Þá hét Pompeius þæt mon ꝥ fæsten brǽce and on fuhte dæges and nihtes, simle án leg(ie) æfter óþerre unwérig cum alias aliis legiones dies noctesque succedere sine requie cogeret Ors. 5, 11 ; S. 238, 9. Ealle þá legean, 5, 12; S. 240, 6. Eahta

án-leger

Grammar
án-leger, l. án-legere, dele bracket, and for R. 8 substitute Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 43. v. leger
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in Dict

leger-teám

(n.)
Grammar
leger-teám, es; m.

Matrimony

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Matrimony, sexual intercourse [lawful or unlawful] Matheus him sægde ðæt hé wǽre swá synnig wið God gif hé ða gehálgodan fǽmnan tó legerteáme onfénge swá se þeów wǽre se ðe fénge on kyninges quéne tó unryhtum hǽmde Matthew said to him, that he would

leger-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
leger-wíte, es; n.
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A fine for lying with a woman, L. H. 23; Th. i. 529, 23: 81; Th. i. 589, 3