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liþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
liþ, es; m. n.
Wright's OE grammar
§344;
A joint, lith [Scott. e.g. the Laird of Auchinleck to Johnson, Cromwell 'gart kings ken they had a lith in their necks'], member of the body, limb
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  • Liþ

    artus:

    lytel liþ

    articulus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 283, 16, 17
      • :
    • Soul Kmbl. 191
      • ;
    • Seel. 96.

  • Ðætte sum man fram deáþes liþe wæs gehǽled

    ut sit quidam a mortis articulo revocatus,

    • Bd. 3, 13
      • ;
    • S. 538, 3
      • .

  • Ðæt hé dyppe his fingres liþ on wætere

    that he may dip the tip of his finger in water,

    • Lk. Skt. 16, 24
      • ,
    On ðone liþ ðæra eaxla,
    • L. M. 2, 36
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 242, 12.

  • On ðæt liþ,

    • 1, 61
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 132, 6
      • .

  • Liþu

    artus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 64, 77
      • .

  • Ða máran liþa

    artus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 72
      • ;
    • Som. 71, 4
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 43, 58
      • .

  • Gif men his leoþu acen,

    • Herb. 3, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm i. 86, 21
      • .

  • Foxes leoþu,

    • L. Med. ex Quad. 3, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 338, 20
      • :
    • Exon. 87 a
      • ;
    • Th. 327, 18
      • ;
    • Vy. 6
      • :
    • 74 a
      • ;
    • Th. 278, 3
      • ;
    • Jul. 592
      • .

  • Sint mé leoþ tólocen líc sáre gebrocen,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2807
      • ;
    • An. 1406
      • .

  • Býgendlíc on ðám geþeódnessum his liþa

    flexilibus artuum compagibus,

    • Bd. 4, 30
      • ;
    • S. 608, 38
      • .

  • Betwyh liþum

    inter femora,

    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 6
      • ;
    • Th. ii, 228, 24
      • .

  • Hé ðé worhte of liþum mínum,

    • Cd. 38
      • ;
    • Th. 50, 33
      • ;
    • Gen. 818
      • .

  • Leoþum onfón,

    • Exon. 23 a
      • ;
    • Th. 64, 3
      • ;
    • Cri. 1032
      • .

  • Liþa

    articulos,

    • Hpt. Gl. 443, 61
      • .

  • Bígdon heora heáfda tó ðære hálgena fótum and heora liþa liccodon,

    • Homl. Skt. 4, 407
      • .

  • Of láme ic ðé leoþe gesette,

    • Exon. 28 a
      • ;
    • Th. 84, 31
      • ;
    • Cri. 1382
      • .

  • Leoþo,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1562
      • ;
    • An. 782
      • .

  • Leomena liþ,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 205
      • ;
    • Sal. 102
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. liþus; m. a limb, member
:
O. Sax. lið; m
:
O. Frs. lith; n
:
Icel. liðr; m. a joint, limb
:
O. H. Ger. lid; m. n. artus, articulus, membrum
:
Ger. g-lied.
]
Similar entries
v. hrycgmearh-liþ, leoþu-.
Linked entries
v.  leoþu lid.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “liþ.” 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/21758.

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