Leód-burh

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - leód-burh

According to the Old English Dictionary:

leód-burh
f. A people's town, a town of a country, town occupied by a people :-- Of ðysse leódbyrig [Sodom], Cd. 116; Th. 150, 33; Gen. 2501. Hé eaferum lǽfde lond and leódbyrig he to his children left his land and its towns, Beo. Th. 4933; Th. 2471. leod-burh
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