Old English Dictionary Entry

Land-brǽce

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 land-brǽce

m. Breaking up or ploughing of [fallow] land :-- Landbrǽce proscissio, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 20; Wrt. Voc. 15, 20. [Cf. O. H. Ger. bráhha aratio prima; bráhhón proscindere, Grff. iii. 268: Ger. brachen to plough a field after it has been lying fallow.] land-bræce

Similar Words

-lácian
-lafte
-laga
-lagol
-lagu(?)

Runic Inscription

ᛚᚪᚾᛞ-ᛒᚱǽᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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