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fǽrlíce

(adv.)
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Cf. fǽr-lic; II a

be-hweorfan

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be-hweorfan, (-hwurfan, -hwyrfan).
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</b> of funeral rites :--- Ic his líc behwearf mid gewunelicre þénunge, Hml. S. 31, 1423: Hml. A. 79, 167. Hig mǽrlíce þæt líc behwurfon mid miclum wópe celebrantes exequias planctu magno, Gen. 50, 10.

ge-reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reáfian, p. ode; pp. od
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Lind. 3, 27. Secgaþ ðæt his ðegnas gereáfodan his líc on us and forstǽlan say that his disciples robbed his body from us and stole it away, Blickl. Homl. 177, 29. Gereáfydon diripiebant, Ps. Spl. C. 43, 12.

Linked entries: gereófage -reáfian

þorf-fæst

(adj.)
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þorf-fæst, adj.
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Lind. 14, 35. Ðor[f]fæst utilis, Rtl. 192, 7. Sié ðor[f]fæsta ús prosint nobis, 91, 27. [Cf. All þatt hemm wass purrfe, Orm. 9628. Icel. þurf—samr helping.] Cf. þearf, V, þearf-líc, II, and next word

Linked entry: un-þorffæst

ed-niwinga

(adv.)
Grammar
ed-niwinga, adv.

Anew dēnuo

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Anew; dēnuo Se fugel líf eft onféhþ edniwinga the bird receives again life anew, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 2; Ph. 534: Andr. Recd. 1569; An. 784

earmlíce

(adv.)
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S. 32, 206. piteously, cf. earm-lic, 2 Þéh þe heó earmlíce hiere feores tó him wilnade quamvis miserabiliter pro vita precantem, Ors. 3, 11; S. 150, 33. pitiably.

féle-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
féle-leás, adj. [félan to feel]

Devoid of feelinginsensĭlis

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Devoid of feeling; insensĭlis Biþ his líf scæcen and he féleleás his life is departed and he devoid of feeling, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 26; Vy. 40

maþa

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Þǽr manna líc lágon . . . þá weóllon eall maðon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4, 212. Add

blǽce

(n.)
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blǽce, bléce, es; n.
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Wið dám micclan líce and wið óðrum giccendum bléce, iii. 70, 28. [Take here passages from Lchdms. given in Dict. under blǽco.] Bléci viti(li)ginem, Txts. 105, 2117: 114, 107: pruriginem, 111, 24

mold-græf

(n.)
Grammar
mold-græf, es; n.

A grave

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Wæs lǽded líc tó moldgræfe, Exon. 75 b; Th. 284, 1; Jul. 690. Ǽnra gehwylc from moldgrafum séceþ Meotudes dóm, 63 b; Th. 233, 13; Ph. 524

brymme

(n.)
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brymme, es; m.
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A BRIM, brink, an edge, a border, lip of a pot, and such like; ora, margo Brymmas sǽs the borders or shores of the sea, a strait, Hymn. Lye

Linked entry: brim

sár-benn

(n.)
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sár-benn, e; f.
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A painful wound Wæs ðæs hálgan líc sárbennum soden, swáte bestémed, bánhús ábrocen, blód ýþum weóll, Andr. Kmbl. 2479; An. 1241. Sárbennum gesóht, Exon. Th. 163, 11; Gú. 992

feore

(n.)
Grammar
feore, to, for or with life,
  • Exon. 39 a
  • ;
  • Th. 128, 32: Beo. Th. 1161
  • ;
  • B. 578
  • ;
dat.
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and inst. of feorh

ealdor-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-gesceaft, e; f. Condition of life; vitæ condĭtio, Exon. 110 a; Th. 421, 24; Rä. 40, 23.

mold-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
mold-ærn, es; n.

An earth-housea grave

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An earth-house, a grave Þeáh mín líc scyle on moldærne molsnad weorþan, Exon. 64a; Th. 235, 28; Ph. 564: Rood Kmbl. 130; Kr. 65: Andr. Kmbl. 1604; An. 803

land-folc

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Cóm ꝥ landfolc tó þe þǽr tó láfe wæs þǽr heora hláfordes líc læg, Hml. S. 32, 134. Hé wunode on þǽre byrig and bodode þám landfolce, 29, 83. Add

wæl-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-wulf, es; m.
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Th. 134, 38; By. 96. as an epithet of a cannibal, a fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf Wælwulfas bánhringas ábrecan Jóhton, tólýsan líc and sáwle, and ðonne tódǽlan werum tó wiste fǽges flǽschoman, Andr. Kmbl. 297; An. 149

be-standan

to surround

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S. 10, 271. ꝥ ðá gegyldan cumon, and ꝥ líc wurðlíce bestandan, and tó mynstre ferian Cht. Th. 607, 20

lofian

(v.)
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L. 24, 53. v. sealm-, ymb-lofian ; un-lofod: lof-lic. In l. 2 for 45 l. 55. Add

egeslíce

(adv.)
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Þǽr manna líc lágon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4, 211. Þá wyrhtan tótǽron hí sylfe and egeslíce grymetedon, 6, 197