Ælmes-leóht

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ælmes-leóht

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ælmes-leóht
n. Light brought to church by one keeping a vigil during a fast:--Ðonne man fæste . . . forlǽte man ǽlce worldbysga, and læges and nihtes swá man oftost mæge on cirican gewunige, and mid ælmesleóhte wacigan ðár georne, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 1. ælmes-leoht
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