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  • Líchama

    soma,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 23. 1.
  • the material frame of man.
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  • On healfslapendum líchaman, ná eallinga swylce on swefne,

      Vis. Lfc. 3.

  • Þý lǽs heó þone hálan líchoman fornime,

      Lch. i. 100, 6.

  • Hié heora líchoman leáfum beþeahton,

      Gen. 845.
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  • His líchama

    (corpus)

    ne mihte on þám ylcan dæge beón bebyrged, for þám þe hé wæs feorr tó berenne,
      Gr. D. 83, 31.

  • Þǽr his líchoma legerbedde fæst swefeþ,

      B. 1007.

  • Mé is leófre þæt mínne líchaman mid mínne goldgyfan gléd fæðmie,

      2651.
    þǽr þá líchoman lange þráge, heáhfædera hrá, be-heled wǽron, An. 791.

  • Nelle wé ꝥ mon þá Hchoman þe ǽr on cyrcean bebyrgede wǽron út weorpe,

      Ll. Th. ii. 408, 9.

  • Twégen líchaman, twá líc gemína (defunctorum) cadauera, An. Ox. 1870: Ph. 489. I a. the trunk as opposed to the limbs :-- Hé. leomum onféng and líchoman,Cri. 628. I b.

    the body

    in contrast with the soul :-- Ic forlét of mínum líchoman lifgendne gǽst,
      Cri. 1454.

  • God ús gesceóp on sáwle and on lichaman,

      Hml. A. n, 289.

  • Ic. the material body with its properties, corporeal nature :-- Swyltendes líchaman gewǽht tídder[nes]

    moribundç carnis fessa fragilitas,

      An. Ox. 1275.

  • For lícuman (líchoman,

    v. l.

    ) tiédernesse,
      Past. 61, 10.
  • Hé on líchaman lengest worulddreáma breác. Gen. 1219.
  • Enoch heonon on líchoman lisse sóhte . . . , nates deáðe swealt, 1204.

  • Hyra waldend fór of líchoman,

      Crl. 1187: B. 3178.
  • II. used in reference to the eucharistic elements

    Ic ofþyrsted wæs Godes líchoman, gástes drynces,

      Seel. 41.
  • III. used of a plant

    Wið gewitleáste, genim of þám lichoman þysse wyrte mandragore þreóra penega gewihte,

      Lch. i. 248, 4.
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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/54597.

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