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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

ge-wemmedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wemmedlic, adj.
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Corruptible His líc wearð ... eft ymbe feówer geár ansund búton gewemmedlicre brosnunge (bútan womme gebrosnunge sine macula corruptionis, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 284, 3) on óðre stówe bebyriged, Hml. Th. ii. 348, 8

Linked entry: -wemmedlíc

orsorg-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
orsorg-leás, (?); adj.
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For þan ne sceal nǽfre se crístena man beón orsorhleás (-lic ?), Verc. Först. 138. 16

riht-scír

(n.)
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a district the extent of which is determined by law, a parish Gif man ǽnig líc of rihtscíre (of rihtre scríftscíre, v. l. ) elles hwár lecge, Ll. Lbmn. 252, 11. See next word

be-birgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-birgan, -birigan; p. de; pp. ed

To burysepelire

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Ðǽr wæs Isaac bebirged, and ðǽr líþ eác Lia bebirged ibi sepultus est Isaac, ibi et Lia condita jacet, 49, 31

ymb-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-licgan, p. -læg.
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Seó líne ðe wile xxxiii síða ealne eorðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Salm. Kmbl. 152, 6. to lie about, along. v. ymb, 1 d Se cyng ðæt land on ða sǽhealfe mid scipum ymbelæg, Chr. 1072 ; Erl 211, 2

ge-cíd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cíd, es; m. n?

Strifelis

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Strife; lis Geciid lis, Rtl. 162, 28

Linked entry: ge-cygd

licgan

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S. 36. of sexual intercourse, to lie with a person Ne lige þú dearnenga non moechaberis, Ll. Th. i. 44, 18. Ne lig dernunga non adulterabis, Mt. L. 19, 18. Gif hé mid gehǽme . . . Gif óðer mon mid hire lǽge ǽr, Ll.

horsc

(adj.)
Grammar
horsc, adj.
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D. iii. 456, 16. v. horh, horu, horsc-lic, foul

plegol

(adj.)
Grammar
plegol, adj.
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Playful, sportive, jocose Hwílon wacodon menu ofer án deád líc, and ðǽr wæs sum dysig mann plegol ungemetíce, and tó ðám mannum cwæþ swylce for plegan, ðæt hé Swýðun wǽte, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 292

hredding

(n.)
Grammar
hredding, e; f.

Savingsalvationliberation

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His ágen líf syllan for ðæs folces hreddinge to give his own life for the redemption of the people, 240, 14. Ongunnon for his hreddinge biddan began to pray for his liberation, 534, 27.

Linked entry: hrædding

riht-scriftscír

(n.)
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a parish Gif man ǽnig líc of rihtscryftscíre (rihtre scryftscíre, v. l.) elles hwǽr lecge si corpus aliquod a sua parrochia in aliam deferatur, Ll. Th. i. 368, 6: 308, 5. See preceding word

Linked entry: scrift-scír

wæstmian

(v.)
Grammar
wæstmian, p. ode

To bring forth fruit(lit. or fig.), fructify

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To bring forth fruit(lit. or fig.), fructify Eorðo wæstmiaþ (wæstmas, Rush.) terra fructificat, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 28. Ic wæstmede fructificavi, Rtl. 3, 20. Manig yfel wé geáxiaþ wæstmian, Blickl. Homl. 109, 2

gléd

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Gloede prunas, 118, 18. a live coal, coal of fire (lit. or fig.) Gléd carbo (torridus altaris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 14. Swá rícels byð þonne hit gífre gléda bærnað, Ps. Th. 140, 2. Hí feallað on fýres gléde cadent super eos carbones, 139, 10.

be-wacian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wacian, p. ode

To bewake

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Weardmenn his líc bewacedon, Hml. A. 78, 154. Bewacige excubet, Germ. 388, 80

Sætern-niht

Grammar
Sætern-niht, Sæter-niht,e ; f.

Friday night,

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Friday night, the night between Friday and Saturday His (Christ) líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht his body lay in the sepulchre on the nights of Friday and Saturday, Homl. Th. i. 216, 27

be-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lífan, ic -lífe, ðú -lífest, -lífst, he -lífeþ, -lífþ; p. -láf, pl. -lifon; pp. -lifen

To remainabideto be leftsuperessemanereremanere

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To remain, abide, to be left; superesse, manere, remanere Ne se rysel ne belífþ óþ morgen nec remanebit adeps usque mane Ex. 23, 18. He ána beláf ðǽr bæfta mansit solus Gen. 32, 24 : Ps. Spl. 105, 11. Hí námon ðæt of ðám brytsenum beláf, seofon wilian

Linked entries: lífan lífan

pearl

Grammar
pearl, (?) The word, which occurs in a list of terms connected with writing, is glossed by enula, which elsewhere glosses
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horselene Pærl enula, bócfel pergamentum, Ælfc. Gr. Zup. 304. 7

wíde-ferhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíde-ferhþ, -ferþ, long life, an age; the word occurs only in the accusative, alone or with eall, with adverbial force,
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for a long time, for ever, for all time Heora noma leofaþ wídeferhþ in écnesse nomen eorum vivet in generationes et generationes, Bd. 5, 8; S. 621, 29. Mihtig God manna cynnes weóld wídeferhð, Beo. Th. 1408; B. 702. Hié ne wéndon ðæt hié wídeferhð landgeweorc

ge-efenlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-efenlǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht, -lǽced; v. trans.

To be likeequalto imitateæquāreassĭmĭlāriimĭtāri

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Ongann Augustinus mid his munecum to geefenlǽcenne ðæra apostola líf Augustine with his monks began to imitate the life of the apostles, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 32. Ðæt hí ðám flæsclícum geefenlǽcon that they imitate the fleshly, 82, 15