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list

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
list, es; m: list, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §387;
Art, skill, craft, cunning, artifice
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  • Lot sceal mid lyswe list mid gedéfum

    cunning goes with evil, skill with things proper, i.e. lot and list are the names for a corresponding vice and virtue,

    • Exon. 92 a
      • ;
    • Th. 345, 17
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 189
      • .

  • Ðú miht león and dracan liste gebýgean

    conculcabis leonem et draconem,

    • Ps. Th. 90. 13.

  • List

    art (of poetry),

    • Bt. Met. Fox Introd. 5
      • ;
    • Met. Einl. 3
      • :
    • Exon. 79 a
      • ;
    • Th. 296, 13
      • ;
    • Crä. 50
      • .

  • Þurh ealle list,

    • 27 a
      • ;
    • Th. 81, 5
      • ;
    • Cri. 1319
      • .

  • Ðæs líchoman listas and cræftas of ðæm móde cumaþ

    the arts and powers of the body come from the mind;

    intus est hominum vigor arce conditus abdita,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 216
      • ;
    • Met. 26, 108
      • .

  • Hé fela onginþ leornian lista

    many arts doth he learn,

    • 28, 153
      • ;
    • Met. 28, 77
      • :
    • Cd. 13
      • ;
    • Th. 16, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 239
      • .

  • Mid listum speón idese on ðæt unriht

    with wiles he lured the woman to that wrong,

    • 28
      • ;
    • Th. 37, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 588
      • :
    • 32
      • ;
    • Th. 43, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 687
      • .

  • Listum

    skilfully, craftily, cunningly:--

    Him listum áteáh rib of sídan

    skilfully drew a rib from his side,

    • 9
      • ;
    • Th. 11, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 177
      • :
    • 77
      • ;
    • Th. 95
      • ;
    • 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 1586
      • :
    • Judth. 10
      • ;
    • Thw. 23, 2
      • ;
    • Jud. 101
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 13, 84
      • ;
    • Met. 13, 42
      • :
    • 1, 118
      • ;
    • Met. 1, 59
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 1566
      • ;
    • B. 781
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 87, 10
      • .

  • Wyl tógædere listum

    boil them skilfully together,

    • L. M. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 24, 11
      • :
    • 1, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 26, 8
      • .

  • Hé ðé hét listas lǽran

    he bade teach thee arts,

    • Cd. 25
      • ;
    • Th. 33, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 517
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. lists
:
O. Sax. list
:
O. Frs. lest
:
Icel. list; f
:
O. H. Ger. list; m. f. ars, ingenium, astutia, peritia
:
Ger. list; f.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “list.” 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/21751.

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