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lib-

(prefix)

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líc

(adj.)
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Add: the living body of a man or animal Hí wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 23: Hml. S. 31, 333. Hí mid hǽran hí gescryddon tó líce, 12, 36. Ðý læs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden, Past. 365, 11. Hine lyst bet þaccian

líc

(adj.)
Grammar
líc, ; adj.
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Like Án bǽra feówer nýtena wæs gesewen swilce mannes ansýn, ꝥ óðer wæs líc (gelíc, v. l. ) ánre león híwe, Hml. S. 15, 182

-líc

(adj.; suffix)
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In the suffix the vowel seems early to have been shortened, though the long i was at any rate occasionally preserved, e. g. Swá swá him þincæ þæt mǽ for Godæ þearflucustþ sí, Cht. Th. 554, 36

líf

(adv.)
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Add: the condition or attribute of being alive, animate existence ; opposed to death. the condition, quality, or fact of being a living person or animal Hé of lífe gewát, B. 2471 : Edg. 29. Hé (the Phenix) cymeð tó lífe, Ph. 367. ¶ in phrases describing

-líf

(suffix)

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línen-werd

(adj.)
Grammar
línen-werd, adj.
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Dressed in linen Hé wæs línenwerd and his lendena wǽron ymbgirde he was clothed in linen, and his loins were girded, L. Ælfc. P. 17; Th. ii. 370, 11

Linked entry: -werd

líþ-wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
líþ-wǽge, es;

A drinking-cup ⬩ wine-cup

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A drinking-cup, wine-cup, Beo. Th. 3969; B. 1982

bær-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bær-líce, adv.

Openly ⬩ nakedly ⬩ BARELY ⬩ palam

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Lind. War. 6, 29

sǽl-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽl-lic, sǽl-líce.

ǽr-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr-lic, -líce.

Similar entry: ár-lic

hygdig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hygdig-líce, adv.

Chastely

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Lind. 19, 12

dér-ling

(n.)

a darling

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Lind. 12, 18

heáfod-ling

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-ling, es; m.

An equal, a fellow, mate ⬩ chief, captain,

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Lind. 11, 16. Heáfodlinges conservos, 24. 49

Linked entry: efen-hæfdling

án-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
án-líc, ǽn-líc; adj. [án one, líc like]

ONLY ⬩ singular ⬩ incomparable ⬩ excellent ⬩ elegant ⬩ beautiful ⬩ unicus ⬩ eximius ⬩ egregius ⬩ elegans ⬩ pulcher

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ONLY, singular, incomparable, excellent, elegant, beautiful; unicus, eximius, egregius, elegans, pulcher He is mín ánlíca sunu unicus est mihi filius, Lk. Bos. 9, 38. Andett seó gelaðung ðínne sóðan and ánlícan sunu confitetur ecclesia tuum verum et

eges lic

Grammar
eges lic, l. eges-lic,
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and add: threatening Egeslic terribilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 43. Egeslic nýten on sǽ oððe on lande belua, 77, 74. Egslic horrida, An. Ox. 50, 55. Se egeslica dómes dæg, Bl. H. 27, 27. Egeslices horrentis, An. Ox. 3635. Mid egeslicum gebode imperio terrente

hefig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hefig-líce, adv.

Heavily ⬩ grievously ⬩ graviter

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Lind. 13, 15. Hefilíce, Lk. Skt. 11, 53. Ða weras mon sceal hefiglecor and stíðlecor lǽran and ða wíf leóhtlecor illis [viri] graviora, istis [feminæ] injungenda sunt leviora, Past. 24; Swt. 179, 16

Linked entry: hefelíce

heaðu-lind

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-lind, e; f.

A linden war-shield

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A linden war-shield, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 6; Æðelst. 6

lifer-býl

(n.)
Grammar
lifer-býl, e; f.
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A prominence on the liver, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 204, 20

lifer-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
lifer-wærc, es; m.
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Pain in the liver Wið eallum liferwærcum, L. M. Cont. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 162, 5