īren-heard, adj., _hard as iron_: nom. sg., 1113. īrenne, adj., _of iron_: in comp. eall-īrenne. īren-þrēat, st. m., _iron troop, armored band_: nom. sg., 330. īs, st. n., _ice_: dat. sg. īse, 1609. īsern-byrne, w. f., _iron corselet_: acc. sg. īsern-byrnan, 672. See īren-byrne. īsern-scūr, st. f., _iron shower, shower of arrows_: gen. sg. þone þe oft gebād īsern-scūre, 3117. īs-gebind, st. n., _fetters of ice_: instr. sg. īs-gebinde, 1134. īsig, adj., _shining, brilliant_ (like brass): nom. sg. īsig (said of a vessel covered with plates(?) of metal), 33.--Leo. IO IU iū. See geō. iū-man. See geō-man. īo-mēowle. See geō-mēowle. L laðu, st. f., _invitation_.--Comp.: frēond-, nēod-laðu. ge-lafian, w. v. w. acc. pers. and instr. of the thing, _to refresh, lave_: pret. sg. wine-dryhten his wætere gelafede, 2723. lagu, st. m., _lake, sea_: nom. sg., 1631. lagu-cræftig, adj., _acquainted with the sea_: nom. sg. lagu-cræftig mon (_pilot_), 209. lagu-strǣt, st. f., _path over the sea_: acc. sg. ofer lagu-strǣte, 239. lagu-strēam, st. m., _sea-current, flood_: acc. pl. ofer lagu-strēamas, 297. land, st. n., _land_: nom. sg. lond, 2198; acc. sg. land, 221, 2063; lond, 2472, 2493; land Dena, 242, 253; lond Brondinga, 521; Finna land, 580; dat. sg. on lande (_in the land_), 2311, 2837; _at near, land, shore_, 1914; tō lande (_to the land, ashore_), 1624; gen. sg. landes, 2996; gen. pl. ofer landa fela (_over much country, space; afar_), 311.--Comp.: el-, ēa-land. land-būend, part, pres., terricola, _inhabitant of the land_: nom. pl. lond-būend, 1346; dat. pl. land-būendum, 95. land-fruma, w. m., _ruler, prince of the country_: nom. sg., 31. land-gemyrcu, st. n. pl., _frontier, land-mark_: acc. pl., 209. land-geweorc, st. n., _land-work, fortified place_: acc. sg. lēoda land-geweorc, 939. See weorc, geweorc. land-riht, st. n., _prerogatives based upon land-possessions, right to possess land_, hence _real estate_ itself: gen. sg. lond-rihtes īdel, 2887. land-waru, st. f., _inhabitants, population_: acc. pl. land-wara, 2322. land-weard, st. m., _guard, guardian of the frontier_: nom. sg., 1891. lang, long, adj., _long_: 1) temporal: nom. sg. tō lang, 2094; næs þā long (lang) tō þon (_not long after_), 2592, 2846; acc. sg. lange hwīle (_for a long time_), 16, 2160, 2781; longe (lange) þrāge, 54, 114, 1258; lange tīd, 1916. Compar. nom. sg. lengra fyrst, 134.--2) local, nom. sg. sē wæs fīftiges fōtgemearces lang, 3044.--Comp.: and-, morgen-, niht-, up-lang. lange, longe, adv., _long_: lange, 31, 1995, 2131, 2345, 2424; longe, 1062, 2752, 3109; tō lange (_too long, excessively long_), 906, 1337, 1749. Compar. leng, 451, 1855, 2802, 3065; nō þȳ leng (_none the longer_), 975. Superl. lengest (_longest_), 2009, 2239.