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munuc-líf

  • noun [ neuter ]
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munuc-líf, es; n.
the monastic life
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  • Monige of Breotone for intingan munuclífes

    (monachicae conversations gratia)

    gewunedon sécan Francna mynstro,

    • Bd. 3, 8
      • ;
    • S. 531, 17.

  • Hé in heardnesse munuclífes lifde

    in monachica districtione vitam duxit,

    • 4, 26
      • ;
    • S. 602, 40.

  • Man on munuclífe gelǽred

    viro monachica vita instituto,

    • 3, 21
      • ;
    • S. 551, 40
      • :

    (of a woman ),

    • 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 593, l.

  • Hé munuclífe swíðor lifde ðonne lǽwedes mannes.

    • Blickl. Homl. 213, 10.

  • Hé árǽrde mynster and munuclíf

    he established a monastery and monastic discipline,

    • Homl. Skt. 6, 146.

  • Munuclif lǽdan, don

    monachicam vitam ducere, agere,

    • Bd. 3, 27
      • ;
    • S. 558, 7
      • :

    (of a woman ),

    • 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 593, 19.

  • Hé sundorláf and munucláf wæs foreberende

    vitam privatam et monachicam praeferens,

    • 4, ll
      • ;
    • S. 579, 8.
the place in which the monastic life is lived, a monastery
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  • Hé árǽrde him munuclíf... Ðæt mynster hé gelogóde mid wellybbendum mannum, ðæt wǽron hundeahtatig muneca,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 506, 14.

  • Hé árǽrde six munuclíf on Sicilia lande, and ðæt seofoþe binnan Rómána burh getimbrode, on ðám hé sylf regollíce under abbodes hǽsum drohtnode,

    • 118, 27: Ors. 6, 34
      • ;
    • Swt. 290, 4.

  • Munuclífa

    coenobiorum, monasteriorum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 412, 22.

  • Aþelwold biscop æft ða láre (Latin) on munuclífum árǽrde,

    • Ælfc. Gr. pref.
      • ;
    • Som. 1, 42.
Etymology
[Cf.
Icel. múnk-lífi a monastery.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “munuc-líf.” 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/23239.

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