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líc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
líc, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§311; §343; §562; §634;
A body [living or dead] generally the latter; the word remains in lich-gate, lyke-wake
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  • Líc oððe líchama

    corpus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32
      • ;
    • Som. 12, 16
      • .

  • Líc ǽgðer ge cuces ge deáðes

    corpus;

    líc oððe hreáw

    funus;

    líc oððe hold

    cadaver,

    • Wrt. Voc. 85, 51-54
      • :
    • 49, 25
      • .

  • Næs nán hús on eallum Egipta lande ðe líc inne ne lǽge

    neque erat domus, in qua non jaceret mortuus,

    • Ex. 12, 30
      • .

  • Ealle ða hwíle ðe ðæt líc biþ inne, ðǽr sceal beón gedrync and plega,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 20, 25
      • .

  • Ðǽr ðæs hǽlendes ne áléd wæs

    ubi positum fuerat corpus iesu,

    • Jn. Skt. 20, 12
      • .

  • Cwæþ ðæt his líc wǽre leóht and scéne,

    • Cd. 14
      • ;
    • Th. 17, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 265
      • .

  • Ðendan bu somod líc and sáwle lifgan móte

    whilst both soul and body may live together,

    • Exon. 27 a
      • ;
    • Th. 81, 21
      • ;
    • Cri. 1327
      • .

  • Líc and gǽst,

    • 46 b
      • ;
    • Th. 160, 8
      • ;
    • Gú. 940
      • :
    • 50 a
      • ;
    • Th. 172, 25
      • ;
    • Gú. 1149
      • .

  • Næs úre gemǽled ne líc ne leoþu

    neither body nor limbs were marked by the fire,

    • 74 a
      • ;
    • Th. 278, 3
      • ;
    • Jul. 592
      • .

  • Líc sáre gebrocen, bánhús blódfág,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2808
      • ;
    • An. 1406
      • .

  • Ðé is gedál witod líces and sáwle,

    • Cd. 43
      • ;
    • Th. 57, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 931
      • .

  • Sweostor mín líces mǽge

    my sister, kinswoman according to the flesh,

    • 89
      • ;
    • Th. 110, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 1833
      • .

  • Líces lustas

    lusts of the flesh,

    • Exon. 71 b
      • ;
    • Th. 267, 2
      • ;
    • Jul. 409
      • :
    • 26 b
      • ;
    • Th. 79, 28
      • ;
    • Cri. 1297
      • .

  • Gang tó ciricean tó ðæs hálgan Óswaldes líce and site ðǽr

    ingredere ecclesiam, et accedens ad sepulcrum Osualdi, ibi reside,

    • Bd. 3, 12
      • ;
    • S. 537, 9.

  • Stód se biscop æt ðam líce,

    • 4, 11
      • ;
    • S. 580, 13
      • :
    • L. Edg. c. 65
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 258, 13
      • .

  • Bæþ wið ðam miclan líce

    a bath for elephantiasis,

    • L. M. 1, 32
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 78, 18
      • .

  • Mynte ðæt hé gedǽlde ánra gehwylces líf wið líce

    meant to part the life of each one from the body,

    • Beo. Th. 1470
      • ;
    • B. 733
      • .

  • Hé ðæt andweorc of Adames líce áleoþode,

    • Cd. 9
      • ;
    • Th. 11, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 177
      • .

  • Hé sceáf reáf of líce,

    • 76
      • ;
    • Th. 94, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 1565
      • .

  • Forþ gewát Cham of líce

    Ham died,

    • 79
      • ;
    • Th. 97, 35
      • ;
    • Gen. 1623.

  • Hí his líc námon and hine on byrgene lédon,

    • Mk. Skt. 6, 29
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 4261
      • ;
    • B. 2127
      • :
    • L. Eth. v. 12
      • ;
    • Th. i. 308, 5
      • :
    • vi. 21
      • ;
    • Th. i. 320, 6
      • .

  • Ðæs mynstres bróðra dydon sce. Cúþberhtes líc of eorþan, and hí ðæt gemétton swá gesund swá hé ðágyt lifde,

    • Shrn. 82, 14
      • .

  • Se ús líf forgeaf, leomu, líc and gǽst,

    • Exon. 19 a
      • ;
    • Th. 48, 25
      • ;
    • Cri. 777
      • .

  • His [the Phœnix] líc,

    • 59 b
      • ;
    • Th. 216, 14
      • ;
    • Ph. 268
      • .

  • Hé wearp hine ðá on wyrmes líc,

    • Cd. 25
      • ;
    • Th. 31, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 491
      • .

  • Eowre líc sceolon sweltan on ðisum wéstene

    vestra cadavera jacebunt in solitudine,

    • Num. 14, 32
      • .

  • Ðǽr ðara arcebisceopa líc bebyrigde syndon

    ubi archiepiscopi Cantiæ sepeliri solent,

    • Bd. 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 565, 5
      • .

  • Forleósan líca gehwilc ðara ðe lífes gást fæðmum þeahte,

    • Cd. 64
      • ;
    • Th. 77, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 1281
      • .

  • Lícu

    cadavera,

    • Hymn. Surt. 52, 27
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. leik
:
O. Sax. O. Frs. lík
:
Icel. lík
:
Dan. lig
:
Swed. lik
:
O. H. Ger. líh
:
Ger. leiche.
]
Derived forms
eofor-, wyrm-líc
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “líc.” 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/21549.

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