Leáþor
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - leáþor
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- leáþor
- soap.] leaþor">of nitre used for soap">n[?]. A kind of nitre used for soap, lather :-- Leáþor nitrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 3. Of leáþre nitria, 61, 27. Gníd swíðe ðæt heó sý eall geléþred þweah mid ðý leáþre ðæt heáfod gelóme rub strongly so that it may be all lathered, wash the head frequently with the lather, Lchdm. iii. 2, 4. [Icel. lauðr; soap.] leaþor">of nitre used for soap">n. froth or foam of the sea water; a kind of nitre or soap.] leaþor