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leód

  • noun [ masculine ]
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leód, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§367;
Fine for slaying a man [cf. leudus, id est weregildus; and see other passages in Grmm. R. A. 652]
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  • In xl nihta ealne leód forgelde

    let him pay the whole fine within forty days,

    • L. Ethb. 22
    • ;
    • Th. i. 8, 6
    • .
  • Healfne leód,

    • 23
    • ;
    • Th. i. 8, 7
    • .
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v. leód-geld, wer-geld.
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  • leód, n.