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líg

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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líg, lég, es; generally masc. but ðæt lég occurs.
Flame, lightning
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  • Líg

    flamma,

    • Wrt. Voc. 76, 49
      • :
    • 82, 52
      • .

  • Lég,

    • 284, 12
      • .

  • Ðæt fýr and ðæt lég [se líg MS. C.] swíðe weóx ... Ðá fór se wallenda lég ... ðǽr se lég mǽst wæs,

    • Bd. 2, 7
      • ;
    • S. 509, 19-24
      • .

  • Se lég ongan sleán ongeán ðone wind,

    • Blickl. Homl. 221, 12
      • .

  • Wonna lég

    the pale flame,

    • Beo. Th. 6221
      • ;
    • B. 3115
      • .

  • Hlemmeþ háta lég,

    • Exon. 21 b
      • ;
    • Th. 58, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 933
      • .

  • Reáda lég,

    • 19 b
      • ;
    • Th. 51, 2
      • ;
    • Cri. 810
      • .

  • Sweart líg,

    • Cd. 110
      • ;
    • Th. 145, 33
      • ;
    • Gen. 2415
      • .

  • Ne biþ ðǽr

    [heaven] nánes líges gebrasl,
    • Dóm. L. 16, 259
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 166
      • ;
    • B. 83
      • .

  • Wylm ðæs wæfran líges

    the heat of the flickering flame,

    • Cd. 185
      • ;
    • Th. 231, 2
      • ;
    • Dan. 241
      • .

  • Ligges leóma,

    • 190
      • ;
    • Th. 237, 25
      • ;
    • Dan. 343.

  • Ðone deópan grund ðæs hátan léges and ðæs heardan léges

    [hell],

    • Blickl. Homl. 103, 15.

  • For ðæs léges [lightning] bryne,

    • 203, 11.

  • Léges blæstas,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3103
      • ;
    • Au. 1154
      • .

  • Biscopas mid folcum mid íserne and líge fornumene wǽron

    presules cum populis ferro et flammis absumebantur,

    • Bd. 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 484, 2
      • .

  • Fýres líge wæs fornumen,

    • 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 599, 20
      • .

  • On fíres líge

    in flamma ignis,

    • Ex. 3, 2
      • .

  • On brádum ligge,

    • Wulfst. 188, 3.

  • Ligge gelícost,

    • Beo. Th. 1458
      • ;
    • B. 727
      • .

  • For dracan lége

    for the flame that was sent forth by the dragon,

    • 5092
      • ;
    • B. 2549.

  • Blácan lýge,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3081
      • ;
    • An. 1543
      • .

  • Úre synna líg,

    • Wulfst. 287, 9
      • .

  • Hí wǽron on ǽnne unmǽtne lég gesomnade

    in immensam adunati sunt flammam,

    • Bd. 3, 19
      • ;
    • S. 548, 21
      • .

  • Ðǽr [hell] hé hæfþ weallendene lég, and hwílum cýle ðone grimmestan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 61, 35.

  • On ðæt líg tó ðé hweorfan,

    • Cd. 35
      • ;
    • Th. 46, 33
      • ;
    • Gen. 753
      • .

  • Líga

    fulminum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 509, 30
      • .

  • On fýrenra léga onlícnesse

    in the form of flames of fire,

    • Blickl. Homl. 133, 20.

  • Légea,

    • 135, 3
      • .

  • Monige heápas sweartra lígea

    crebri fiammarum tetrarum globi,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 628, 16, 22
      • .

  • Léga leóhtost,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 9, 33
      • ;
    • Met. 9, 17
      • .

  • Wununga áfyllede mid brastligendum lígum,

    • Homl. Th. i. 68, 5
      • :
    • Bd. 2, 7
      • ;
    • S. 509, 34
      • .

  • Brand and bráde lígas,

    • Cd 18
      • ;
    • Th. 21, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 325
      • :
    • 36
      • ;
    • Th. 47, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 763.

  • Mellitus ða lígeas his byrnendre ceastre gebiddende ádwæscte

    Mellitus flammas ardentes suæ civitatis orando restinxerit,

    • Bd. 2, 7
      • ;
    • S. 509, 2
      • .

  • Lígeas gemonigfealdaþ and hí gedréfeþ

    fulgura multiplicavit et conturbavit eos,

    • 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 569, 20
      • .

  • Lías

    flammas,

    • Hymn. Surt. 10, 29
      • .
  • [O. E. Homl. leies; pl.: Piers P. leye: A. R. leie: Jul. ley: Icel. leygr a flame [poet.]: O. H. Ger. louch, loug flamma: cf. O. Sax. lógna: Icel. log, logi a flame, lowe.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “líg.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21651.

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