leán-gifa
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One who gives recompense or reward Swylce se rihtwísa leángyfa nó mid wordum ac mid dǽdum ðus cwǽde as if the righteous Recompenser had said not with words but with deeds, Lchdm. iii. 436, 23
leng-fǽrra
Similar entry: lang-fǽre
lícend-líce
Pleasingly
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Pleasingly Forðon mín gebed nú gyt bécnum standeþ ðæt him on wísum is wel lýcendlíce quoniam adhuc est oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Th. 140, 8
líht-líce
Similar entry: leóht-líce
lof-lác
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An offering made to do honour Ða hǽðenan him brohton oft mistlíce loflác the heathens often brought him offerings of divers kinds to do him honour, Wulfst. 107, 6
lof-líce
Honorably ⬩ gloriously
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Honorably, gloriously Uton wé gehýran hú swíðe loflíce Sanctus Johannes wæs mid ðæs Hálgan Gástes mægenum gefylled, Blickl. Homl. 165, 16
lustful-líce
joyfully ⬩ gladly
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With joy or pleasure, joyfully, gladly Lustfullíce libenter, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 30. Se mildheorta Drihten onféhþ swíðe lustfullíce eallum ðǽm gódum ðe ǽnig man gedéþ his ðæm néhstan, Blickl. Homl. 37, 25
mægenleas-líce
Feebly ⬩ impotently
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Feebly, impotently Mægenleaslíce eviscerando, Germ. 398, 122
mǽgwlit-líce
Figuratively
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Figuratively Mégwlitlíce figuraliter, Mk. Skt. p. 4, 10
mæst-land
Land on which mast is produced
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Land on which mast is produced Eall ðæt wudu*-*lond ðæt Æþelbald gesealde tó mæstlonde. Chart. Th. 140, 2
mǽþ-líce
With due regard to others ⬩ courteously
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With due regard to others, courteously Mǽþlíce humaniter, Ælfc. Gr. 45; Som. 41, 43: 42, 6
Linked entry: un-mǽþlíce
manigfeald-líce
Manifoldly ⬩ in many ways ⬩ in the plural
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Manifoldly, in many ways; as a grammatical term, in the plural Monígfaldlíce multipliciter. Ps. Surt. 62, 2. Wé mihton be eallum ðám óðrum stafum mænigfealdlíce sprecan we might speak of all the other letters under various heads, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 3,
mann-líce
Manfully ⬩ in a manner becoming to a man ⬩ nobly
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Manfully, in a manner becoming to a man, nobly Swá manlíce mǽre þeóden heaðorǽsas geald mearum and máðmum, Beo. Th. 2096; B. 1046
mearc-land
a border-land ⬩ waste land lying outside the cultivated ⬩ a district ⬩ country ⬩ territory
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a border-land, waste land lying outside the cultivated Se mylenhám and se myln and ðæs mearclandes swá mycel swá tó þrím hídon gebyraþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 189, 11. v. Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 50. Mearclonde ( the sea coast ) neáh, Exon. 101 b
mere-lád
A sea-way ⬩ the road which the sea furnishes
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A sea-way, the road which the sea furnishes, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 9; Bo. 27
micel-líce
greatly ⬩ grandly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ greatly ⬩ exceedingly
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greatly, grandly, splendidly Singaþ dryhtne forðon micellíce ( magnifice ) dyde, Ps. Surt. p. 184, 15. greatly, exceedingly Micellíce intimbred multipliciter instructus, Bd. 5, 8; S. 622, 2. Micellíce gelǽred doctissimus, 5, 23; S. 645, 13
mín-líce
In my way ⬩ in my manner
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In my way, in my manner Mínlíce meatim ( = meo more, Wülck. 32, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 46
mis-lár
Bad teaching or doctrine
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Bad teaching or doctrine, Scint. 21: 78
missen-líce
Variously ⬩ diversely ⬩ differently
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Variously, diversely, differently Ðeáh hé hié mannum missenlíce dǽle, Blickl. Homl. 39, 18: Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 6; Vy. 64: 79 b; Th. 299, 18; Crä. 104