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líf-líc

  • adjective
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líf-líc, adj.
Pertaining to life, living, causing life, vital
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  • Líflíc

    vitalis,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28
    • ;
    • Som. 11, 36
    • .
  • Líflíc ys blód lǽtan

    to let blood [at this time] is as much as a man's life is worth,

    • Lchdm. iii. 190, 28
    • .
  • Is hwæðere swá tó lǽtanne swá ðæt líflíce mægen ne áspringe

    blood however is to be let so that vital power be not dissipated,

    • L. M. 2, 42
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 254, 12
    • .
  • Wyll líflíc

    fons vivus,

    • Hymn. Surt. 92, 15
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  • Ic eom se líflíca hláf ðe of heofenum ástáh

    I am the living bread, that came down from heaven,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 202, 5
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  • Ðæra næddrena geslit wæs deádlíc Cristes ðeáþ wæs líflíc

    the bite of the serpents brought death; Christ's death brought life,

    • 238, 31
    • .
  • Líflíc onsægednys

    a living sacrifice,

    • i. 358, 18
    • :
    • 482. 12
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  • Ádylegode of ðære líflícan béc

    blotted from the book of life,

    • 68, 11
    • .
  • Líflícum blóde

    vivido sanguine,

    • Hymn. Surt. 80, 21
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  • God ábleów on his ansýne líflícne blǽd,

    • Hexam. 11
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    • Norm. 18, 26
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