Obs. [OE. bóc book + léden, lǽden, Latin, hence, literary language: see LEDEN.] Book-Latin, the Latin language; afterwards book-language.
a. 1000. O. E. Chron., Introd. Her sind on þis iʓlande fif ʓeþeode, Englisc, and Brittisc and Wilsc, and Scyttisc, and Pyhtisc, and Boc Leden.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 117. Episcopus is gerkisc noma þet is on boc leden speculator.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 151. Iacob on boc leden is icleped under-plantere.
