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leax

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
leax, læx, lex, es; m.
A salmon, lax [Scott.]
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  • Lex

    salmo vel esocius,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 102
    • ;
    • Som. 77, 65
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 55, 70
    • .
  • Leax

    ysox,

    • 65, 66:

    esox,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 48
    • .
  • Laex

    isic,

    • 112, 8
    • .
  • Leax sceal on wǽle mid sceóte scríðan

    swiftly shall the salmon in the stream's eddy move,

    • Menol. Fox 538
    • ;
    • Gn. C. 39
    • .
  • Leaxes geallan,

    • L. M. 3, 2
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 308, 6
    • .
  • Hwý gé nú ne settan on some dúne fiscnet eówru, ðonne eów fón lysteþ leax?

    • Bt. Met. Fox 19, 23
    • ;
    • Met. 19, 12
    • .
  • Hwæt féhst ðú on sǽ? Hærincgas and leaxas

    quid capis in mari? Aleces et isicios,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9
    • .
  • Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ... gesyllan ǽlce geare xv. leaxas

    this is the agreement ... that they give xv salmon every year,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 295, 34
    • :
    • L. In. 70
    • ;
    • Th. i. 146, 19
    • .
Etymology
[
Icel. lax a salmon
:
O. H. Ger. lahs salmo, esox
:
Ger. lachs.
]
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v.  læx.
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