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ciric-land

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ciric-land, es; n.
Church-land, land belonging to a church
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  • 'Ne þú ná geþrýstlǽce ꝥ þú úre cyricland (ciricean land, v. l.) derige' . . . Se flód gecyrde fram þan cyriclande

    'nec terras ecclesiae laedere praesumas' . . . Statim se a terris ecclesiae fluminis aqua compescuit,

      Gr. D. 193, 25, 194, 3.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. church-land. O. L. Ger. kiric-land: Icel. kirkju-land glebe.]
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