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LÍM

(n.)
Grammar
LÍM, es; m.

LIMEcementmortarglueglutenpaste

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Lím, molecgn galmilla, 40, 62. Liim, molegn, Ep. Gl. 10 f, 32. Lím calmilla, Wrt. Voc. 290, 35; gluten, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12; Som. 9, 30. Swá lím gefæstnaþ fell tó sumum brede as glue, fastens a skin to a board, 44; Som, 45, 25. Límes calcis, Wrt.

LIM

(n.)
Grammar
LIM, es; n. (but it also occurs with adj. fem.:).

A limbjoint

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A limb, joint, member of a body, branch of a tree Án lim membrum; má lima membra, Wrt. Voc. 70, 20, 21. Gif men cíne hwylc lim, genim regen mela, dó on ðæt lim, L. M. 1, 73; Lchdm. ii, 148, 22. Be ðæs limes (the finger) micelnysse, Homl.

Linked entry: leomu

lim

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Ex. 26 : B. 97 (in Dict.). a member of a sentence Tódál comma, lim cola. An. Ox. 18 b, 10. Lim cola, limes dǽl commata, 26, l, 2. Mid lime (lima, MS. ) ł tódala colopho, 131. Lime colo, 7, 196.Þur[h] lim, 2850.

lím

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Dele last passage, and ' cola, 20, 24:' in l. 6, and add: — Liim cementum lapidum, Txts. 49, 449

lim-lǽw

(n.)
Grammar
lim-lǽw, e; f.

mutilation

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Injury to the limbs, mutilation Bendas oððe dyntas ... hwílum lim-lǽwa and hwílum líflǽsta bonds and blows ... at times mutilations of the limbs, and at times deprivation of life, L. Pen. 3, note; Th. ii. 278, 27

Linked entry: lǽw

lim-wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
lim-wæstm, es; m.

stature

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Limb-growth, stature, size of body Ic eom limwæstmum ðæt ic gelutian ne mæg so large am I of limb, that lie hid I cannot, Cd. 216; Th. 273, 2; Sat. 130

lim-gelecg

(n.)
Grammar
lim-gelecg, es; n.

formshape

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The disposition or arrangement of the limbs, form, shape Limgelecg liniamento, Wrt. Voc, ii, 52, 31

Linked entry: ge-lecg

lim-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
lim-rǽden, e; f.

A cloakchlamide

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A cloak(?). In Hpt. Gl. 465, 72 limrǽdenne is given as a marginal reading against chlamide

Linked entry: lim-gelecg

æg-lím

(n.)
Grammar
æg-lím, es; m. [æg an egg, lím lime, glue]

EGG-LIMEthe sticky part or white of an eggovi viscum

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EGG-LIME, the sticky part or white of an egg; ovi viscum Æglíra glara, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 72,119

lim-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
lim-rǽden, The passage where this word is given as a gloss to chlamide is: Pro chlamide, quam angelicae puritatis liniamento . '. . adsciscebat, Ald. 35, 10. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 47, which refers to the same passage, liniamento is glossed by lim-gelecg : it is probable, then, that lim-rǽden is a gloss to liniamento rather than to chlamide, and has the same meaning as lim-gelecg (q. v.

lim-lama

(adj.)
Grammar
lim-lama, adj.

crippled

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Lame in the limbs, crippled Manege ðǽr wurdan hále, ðe ǽr wǽran limmlaman, Wulfst. 4, 12

lim-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
lim-mǽlum, adv.
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Limb-meal (used by Shakspere in Cymbeline), limb by limb, a limb at a time Limmǽlum membratim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 55: membratim, particulatim, Hpt. Gl, 443, 3: membratim, per singula membra, 486, 44

lim-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
lim-hál, adj.
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Sound of limb, Exon. 42 b; Th. 143, 14; Gú. 661

lím-fín

(n.)
Grammar
lím-fín, e ; f.
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A lime-heap Ðanon on gerihte on cyncges límfíne, of ðǽre fíne niðer, C. D. B. i. 518, 41. Cf. wudu-fín

Linked entry: fin

lim-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
lim-seóc, adj.
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Having diseased limbs, Andr. Kmbl. 1157; An. 579: Elen. Kmbl. 2425; El. 1214

lim-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
lim-wérig, adj.
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Having the limbs wearied Álédon hié ðǽr limwérigne, Rood Kmbl. 125; Kr. 63

lim-leás

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Add: not having all one's limbs Gif hwá áléfed wǽre, odðe limleás . . . Hwæt sceole wé smeágan embe ðá þe gewítað tó ðám écum forwyrde, hwæðer hí áléfede beón ciðe limleáse?, Hml. Th. i. 236, 28-33

gebærn-lím

(n.)

quicklimecalx vīva

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quicklime; calx vīva, Som. Ben. Lye

gecynd-lim

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Add: sexual organs, v. ge-cynd; <b></b> of a male, genitalia Gecindlimu genitalia, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 59. Lust gecyndlima uoluptas genitalium, Scint. 106, 9: Lch. i. 370, 3. On gecyndlimum mínum, Angl. xi. 117, 25. Hé him ealle þá gecyndlimu

lim-gelecg

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Add: — Limgelecg liniamenlo (cf. Hpt. Gl. 465, 73, where the same passage is glossed : Liniamento, specie ł similitudine of hiwe ł gelicnysse, imagine), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 47