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líc-hama

  • noun [ masculine ]
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líc-hama, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§325;
The body [generally of a living person], the corporeal, in contrast to the spiritual, part of man
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  • Se líchoma biþ líchoma ða hwile ðe hé his lima ealle hæfþ,

    • Bt. 34, 9
      • ;
    • Fox 148, 6
      • .

  • Is ðæs monnes líchoma betera ðonne ealle his ǽhta ... seó sáwl betere ðonne se líchoma,

    • 32, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 116, 11-13
      • :
    • Mt. Kmbl. 6, 25
      • .

  • Hire líchama wæs áfylled mid hreófian,

    • Num. 12, 10
      • .

  • Ðæt ðín líchama sí eallum fugelum tó mete

    sit cadaver tuum in escam cunctis volatilibus cæli,

    • Deut. 28, 26
      • .

  • Ðis is mín líchaman [líchama, MS. A.]

    hoc est corpus meum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 26
      • .

  • Án líchama mid his fæder wæs

    una caro cum patre fuit,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 491, 15
      • .

  • Cépecnihtas hwítes líchoman and fægeres andwlitan

    pueros venales candidi corporis, ac venusti vultus,

    • 2, 1
      • ;
    • S. 501, 7
      • .

  • Ðínes líchaman leóhtfæt is ðín eáge,

    • Mt. 6, 22
      • .

  • Hé wearþ ðá mann gesceapen on sáwle and on líchaman

    he became then man formed of soul and body,

    • Homl. Th. i. 12, 30
      • .

  • Ðonne betǽcþ Crist ða mánfullan mid líchaman and mid sáwle intó hellewíte

    then will Christ deliver the wicked, body and soul, into hell,

    • ii. 608, 7.

  • Hí tú beóþ in ánum líchoman

    erant duo in carne una,

    • Bd. i, 27
      • ;
    • S. 491, 14.

  • Hé wæs álǽded of líchaman

    raptus est e corpore,

    • 3, 19
      • ;
    • S. 547, 33
      • :
    • 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 569, 46
      • .

  • Ne beó gé brégyde fram ðám ðe ðone líchaman ofsleáþ and nabbaþ syððan hwæt hig má dón,

    • Lk. Skt. 12, 4
      • .

  • In ðam ealra ærcebiscopa líchoman syndon bebyrged bútan twegra, heora líchaman sindon on ðære cyricean sylfre gesette,

    • Bd. 2, 3
      • ;
    • S. 504, 36
      • .

  • Wé nán ðing nabbaþ búton land and líchaman,

    • Gen. 47, 18
      • .

  • Hé healdeþ ða deádan líchoman ungemolsnode

    he keeps the dead bodies undecayed,

    • Shrn. 82, 21
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. lík-hamo
:
O. Frs. líkkoma, lícma
:
Icel. líkami, líkamr
:
O. H. Ger. líchamo.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “líc-hama.” 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/21567.

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