samod-fæst
Fast joined together
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Fast joined together Sceal onettan, se ðe ágan wile líf æt Meotude, ðenden him leóht and gǽstsomodfæst seón, Exon. Th. 96, 28; Cri. 1581
lǽn-dagas
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The days granted to a man in which to live, the time during which a man lives Sceolde lǽndaga [MS. þend daga] æþeling ende gebídan worulde lífes the end of the days that had been granted, of life in this world, was to come upon the prince, Beo.
a-swundennes
Slothfulness ⬩ idleness ⬩ inertia
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Slothfulness, idleness; inertia His líf toscǽgde fram ussa tíðe aswundennysse vita illius a nostri temporis segnitia distabat, Bd. 3, 5 ; S. 526, 35
Linked entry: a-swondennes
Gleáw-ceaster
GLOUCESTER ⬩ a county town in the west of England
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GLOUCESTER, a county town in the west of England Æþelfæd líð binnan Gleáwceastre Ethelfleda lies buried at Gloucester, Chr. 918; Erl. 109, 7
heard-lícness
Hardness, severity, strictness
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Hardness, severity, strictness Sume hí sǽdonða heardlícnysse his lífes some of them told the severity of his life, Guthl. 27; Gdwin. 70, 15
ge-beterian
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ꝥ wé úre líf and úre þeáwas gebeterian, Hml. A. 149, 136. Þæt hý for ðǽre scame gebeterede sýn (emendentur), R. Ben. 68, 18. Add
ge-hádod
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Ne úre ǽnig his líf ne fadode swá swá hé scolde, ne gehádode regollíce ne lǽwede lahlíce, Wlfst. 160, 1: Bl. H. 43, 7. Add
frymlíc
Primitive ⬩ first ⬩ prīmĭtīvus
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Primitive, first; prīmĭtīvus Ongunnon hí ðæt apostolíce líf ðære frymlícan cyricean onhýrigean cœpērunt apostŏlĭcam prīmĭtīvæ ecclĕsiæ vītam imĭtāri, Bd. 1, 26; Whelc. 78, 22
Linked entry: frum-líc
á-scínan
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Ásceán, 145, 12. figurative His líf áscán, Gr. D. 12, 4. Hié on swíþe manegum godcundum mægenum wuldorlíce áscinon, Bl. H. 161, 20.
ende-leás
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Hwæþer þe éce líf and éce blisse, þe écne deáþ and endeleáse yrmðe, Wlfst. 23, 20. Ðerh endeleáso uoruldo per infinita saecula, Rtl. 180, 3. Add
út-gánde
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out-going Gehycgan ymb ꝥ líf þǽre útgándan (-gangen-dan, v.l. ) sáwle of líchaman vit am animae exeuntis a corpore perpendere, Gr. D. 269, 8
Linked entries: út-gangende gán
bǽg
a collar
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a collar Wearm lim gebundenne bǽg hwílum bersteþ the warm limb sometimes escapes from the bound collar, Exon. 102b; Th. 387, 20; Rä. 5, 8
forþ-geseón
To see forth, onward, or in front ⬩ provĭdēre
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To see forth, onward, or in front; provĭdēre Hí forþgesáwon lífes látþeów they saw the guide of life in front, Cd. 147; Th. 184, 7; Exod. 103
for-wyrnednes
A restraining ⬩ continence ⬩ forbidding ⬩ contĭnentia
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A restraining, continence, forbidding; contĭnentia He wæs micelre forhæfdnysse and forwyrnednesse lífes he was of great abstinence and continence of life, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 21
un-fæderlíce
In an unfatherly manner
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In an unfatherly manner Saturnus wæs swá wælhreów, ðæt hé fordyde his ágene bearn ealle bútan ánum and unfæderlíce macode heora líf tó lyre, Wulfst. 106, 6
Linked entry: fæder-líce
deóre
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Ic bidde þé þæt ðú lǽte húru ðé ðín líf þonne ðíne sceós I pray thee at any rate set thy life higher than thy shoes, Hml. Th. ii. 410, 18. Ðá fatu sint fægran and diérran þonne ǽnegu óþru, Ors. 5, 2; S. 216, 5 : Bt. 14, 2 ; S. 32, 16.
drohtaþ
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In lífe and in háde háliges drohtoðes in vita atque habitu sanctae conversationis, Gr. D. 205, 17. In þá geornesse háliges lífes and drohtoðes, 27. Add
edlesendlíce
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Relatively Seó sáwul oððe ꝥ líf synd ge*-*cwædene tó hyre sylfra, and ꝥ gemynd oððe ꝥ andgit beóð gecwædene tó sumum þinga edlesendlíce, Hml. S. 1, 119
bæcere
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Bæcere, hwám fremaþ cræft þín, oþþe hwæþer búton þé wé magon líf ádreógan ?, Coll. M. 28, 25. Hwæt cunnon þás þíne geféran? Sume synt . . . bæceras, 19, 9. Add
sáwel-leás
without life ⬩ without soul
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Héht ðá ásettan sáwlleásne, lífe belidenes líc on eorþan, Elen. Kmbl. 1751; El. 877.