Leód-riht

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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leód-riht
n. Public law, common law, the law which affects a whole people, law of the land; jus publicum :-- Mid rihtum landrihte and leódrihte swá hit on lande stonde in accordance with the common law of the land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 435, 35. Bútan leódrihte, Andr. Kmbl. 1357; An. 679.

Related words: folc-, land-riht. leod-riht

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