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mann-líca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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mann-líca, an; m.
A human form, image of a man, statue
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  • Ǽfre siððan se monlíca (

    the pillar of salt into which Lot's wife was turned

    )

    stille wunode,

    • Cd. 119
      • ;
    • Th. 155, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 2566.

  • Eall Adames cynn ðe módor gebær tó manlícan

    all the race of Adam that mother gave the form of man to at birth,

    • Wulfst. 137, 26: Dóm. L. 131.

  • Ǽnne manlícan (

    the golden image which Nebuchadnezzar set up

    ),

    gyld of golde árǽrde,

    • Cd. 180
      • ;
    • Th. 226, 20
      • ;
    • Dan. 174.

  • Hé þurh dreócræft worhte stǽnene manlícan and ǽrene, and hié hié styredan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 173, 23.

  • Twegen manlícan (

    images in the sick man's eyes of the observer

    )

    beóþ on mannes eágum; gif ðú ða ne gesihst, ðonne swilt se man, and biþ gewiten ǽr þrím dagum,

    • Salm. Kmbl. p. 206, 11. v. Grmm. D. M. 1133.
Etymology
[
Goth. man-leika imago
:
O. H. Ger. man-líha statua, imago, figura, effigies
:
Icel. mann-líkan a human image, idol, being in human shape.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mann-líca.” 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/22365.

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