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luh

(n.)
Grammar
luh, (a borrowed word apparently, Welsh llwch; cf. pól and Welsh pwll]; n.

A loch ⬩ lough

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Ofer luh ł lytel sǽ, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 22: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 1

lor

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Hé þæs scipes geþrowode æfwyrdlan and lore (lyre, v. l.) ealra þára þinga þe in him wǽron navis rerum omnium jacturam pertulit. Gr. D. 141, 14. [v. N. E. D. lore.] Add: —

lyre

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Add: perdition, destruction Lyre, forwyrd perditio, An. Ox. 56, 35. God heóld hine wið his sáwle lyre. Hml. Th. ii. 454, 4. Þæt; hé ne sý on lyre forswolgen, R.

cwæstednys

(n.)
Grammar
cwæstednys, a trembling, Som. Ben. Lye.

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én-líc

(adj.)

only ⬩ ūnĭcus

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Lye

list-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
list-wrenc, es; m.

Wile ⬩ artifice

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Wile, artifice, Lye

lox

(n.)
Grammar
lox, es; m.

A lynx

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A lynx Lox linx, Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 14; Wrt. Voc. 22, 55. Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre ðæt mihte ǽlc wuht þurhseón ge treówa ge furþum stánas; ðæt deór wé hátaþ lox, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 22

híw-líc

(adj.)

matronalis,

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matronalis, Cot. 129, Lye

cúþe-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cúþe-líc, cúþ-líc; adj.

Known, certain ⬩ notus, Som. Ben. Lye

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Lye

eal-líc

(adj.)

universal, general, catholic

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Lye

hrá-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hrá-líc, adj.

Deadly ⬩ funereal ⬩ funebris

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; funebris, Cot. 88, Lye

hunigteár-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hunigteár-líc, adj.

nectareus

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like nectar; nectareus, Cot. 138, Lye

lah-breca

(n.)
Grammar
lah-breca, an; m.

A law-breaker

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A law-breaker, Scint. 2, Lye

Linked entry: breca

cése-lib

(n.)

rennet ⬩ runnet ⬩ coagulum

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Lye

dwimor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dwimor-líc, adj.

Visionary ⬩ tamquam per visum

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Lye

loft

(n.)

air

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air Heó ne líþ on nánum þinge ac on lofte heó stynt it (the earth) does not rest on anything, but stands in the air, Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 20

lóh

(n.)
Grammar
lóh, gen. lóges; n.

A place ⬩ stead

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A place, stead Gehádode Tobias on his lóh (on his steall, two other MSS), Chr. 693; Thorpe 67, 9 col. 3

LUST

(n.)
Grammar
LUST, es; m.

LUST ⬩ desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ voluptuousness

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LUST, desire, pleasure, voluptuousness Epicurus sǽde ðæt se lust wǽre ðæt héhste gód Epicurus summum bonum voluptatem esse constituit, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 23. Swá mycel hǽto and lust Cristes geleáfan tantus fervor fidei et desiderium, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518

Linked entry: lustume

lust

(adj.)
Grammar
lust, adj.

Pleased ⬩ glad ⬩ desirous

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(?) Pleased, glad, desirous Ðæt ðú ne gehýre lustum móde ðæra twýsprǽcena word that thou be not glad or desirous to hear the words of the double-tongued [or does lustum belong to the preceding word?], Wulfst. 246, 10

lýcþ

(v.)
Grammar
lýcþ,
  • Bt. Met. 12, 55
    • ;
  • Met. 12, 28
    • .

Similar entry: lúcan

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