Lád-rinc

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - lád-rinc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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lád-rinc
vehicularius' substitute: In attempting to determine the meaning of this word it should be noticed that lád in all its other compounds, lád-mann, -scipe, -teáh, -teów, has the force of leading, guidance. The lád-rinc seems to be a guide, and his special character in the passage given above may be inferred from the following passage :-- Si aduenae de aliis regionibus aduenirent, debebant ducatum habere ad aliam regalem uillam quae proxima fuisset in illorum uia, C.D. too: ductor, qui ad conducendum aliquem in via per alterius regionem datus est a quovis principe, Migne. lad-rinc

Related words: 159, 8-11. Cf.

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