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liþ

  • noun [ neuter ]
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liþ, a fleet.
Wright's OE grammar
§344;
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  • Þá lǽt Eádward cyng scypian , xl. snacca, þá lágon æt Sandwíc . . . þá geáxedon ꝥ lið ꝥ on Sandwíc læg embe Godwines fare, setton þá æfter, and hé heom ætbærst, and ꝥ lið wende ongeán tó Sandwíc, and swá hámweard tó Lundenbyrig,

      Chr. 1052 ; P. 179, 13-22
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[v. N. E. D. lith a body of men.]
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v. scip-liþ.
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