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LIM

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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Grammar
LIM, es; n. (but it also occurs with adj. fem.:).
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §101; §202; §344; §562;
A limb, joint, member of a body, branch of a tree
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  • Án lim

    membrum;

    má lima

    membra,

    • Wrt. Voc. 70, 20, 21.

  • Gif men cíne hwylc lim, genim regen mela, dó on ðæt lim,

    • L. M. 1, 73
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii, 148, 22
      • .

  • Be ðæs limes (the finger) micelnysse,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 204, 6
      • .

  • Limes dǽl

    commata (commota,

    • Wrt.) Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 25
      • .

  • On ǽlcre lime,

    • L. M. 2, 64
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 288, 22
      • .

  • Wið foredum lime

    for a broken limb,

    • 1, 25
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 66, 22, 26
      • .

  • Ne biþ nán tó ðæs lytel liþ on lime áweaxen,

    • Soul Kmbl. 192
      • ;
    • Seel. 96
      • .

  • Ic nán lim onstyrian ne mihte

    I could not stir a limb,

    • Bd. 5, 6
      • ;
    • S. 619, 26
      • .

  • Hafa ðínne niéxtan swá swá ðín ágen lim,

    • Basil Admn. 5
      • ;
    • Norm. 44, 24
      • .

  • Monegu limu beóþ on ánum men, and weorþaþ ðeáh ealle tó ánum líchoman,

    • Bt. 34, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 140, 25
      • .

  • Gif wé tó lange sittaþ, slapaþ ða lima,

    • Homl. Th. i. 490, 1
      • .

  • Gé sindon Cristes líchama and leomu

    (cf. Icel. Guðs, fjándans limir),
    • ii. 276, 19
      • .

  • Unríhtwíse syndon deófles leomo,

    • Blickl. Homl, 33, 8
      • .

  • Ðæs biscopes leoma on ðysse byrigenne syndon betýned,

    • Bd. 2, 1
      • ;
    • S. 500, 22
      • .

  • Leomu gnornian

    the (leafless) branches (shall) mourn,

    • Exon. 89 a
      • ;
    • Th. 334, 35
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 26
      • .

  • Án ðínra lima

    unum membrorum tuorum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 5, 29
      • :
    • Bd. 4, 9
      • ;
    • S. 577, 17
      • .

  • Hé biþ Cristes lima án,

    • Wulfst. 37, 5
      • .

  • Þurh deófles oððe his lima láre,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 138, 16
      • .

  • Leoma,

    • Blickl, Homl. 147, 15
      • .

  • Leomena,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 205
      • ;
    • Sal. 102
      • .

  • Fram árleásum deófles limum,

    • Honsl. Th. i. 556, 8
      • :
    • Wulfst, 37, 7
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 21, 15
      • .

  • Ic geseó óðre ǽ on mínum leomum ... synne ǽ seó is on mínum limum,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 497, 35-37
      • .

  • Leomum,

    • Blickl. Homl. 33, 11
      • :
    • 167, 2
      • .

  • Leomum and leáfum

    with branches and leaves,

    • Beo. Th. 194
      • ;
    • B. 97
      • .

  • Hé ongan his limu þræstan,

    • Bd. 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 536, 15
      • .

  • Hé his lima gesette and hine gerestan wolde,

    • 4, 11
      • ;
    • S. 579, 32
      • .

  • Limo

    • 4, 24
      • ;
    • S, 597, 10
      • ,

  • Leomu,

    • 2, 6
      • ;
    • S. 508, 11
      • :

  • Ádyde ða leomu and ðæt heáfod on weg ðæs sceápes,

    • Blickl. Homl. 183, 24.

  • Leomo lǽmena,

    • Exon. 8 a
      • ;
    • Th. 2, 6
      • ;
    • Cri. 15
      • ,
Etymology
[
Icel. limr; m. a limb, a joint (of an animal)
:
lim; n. a branch; limar; pl. f. branches of a tree.
]
Derived forms
gecynd-, sceam-lim
Linked entries
v.  leomu.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “LIM.” 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/21685.

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