leoþu-bíge
humble ⬩ meek
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Flexible at the joints, humble; meek Ðá wearþ ðæt hálige líc hál on eorþan gemét liþebíge on limum the holy body was found in the earth sound, and with the limbs not yet stiff, Homl. Th. ii. 152, 33.
Linked entry: liþe-bíge
feorh-hord
Life's treasure ⬩ the soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ vītæ thēsaurus ⬩ ănĭma
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Life's treasure, the soul, spirit; vītæ thēsaurus, ănĭma Líf biþ on síþe, fǽges feorhhord life is on its journey, the spirit of the fated, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 7; Ph. 221.
gýmeleás
Careless ⬩ negligent ⬩ uncared for ⬩ wandering ⬩ stray ⬩ negligens
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Ða gímeleasan men ðe heora líf adrugon on ealre ídelnisse careless men who passed their life in all frivolity, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 56, 11. Gýmeleáse heedless, Exon. 73 a; Th. 271, 33; Jul. 491; Blickl. Homl. 55, 30
un-hwílen
Not temporary ⬩ eternal
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Ic mé sylfum wát æfter líces hryre leán unhwílen, Exon. Th. 167, 27; Gú. 1066. Hé him éce geceás langsumre líf, leóht unhwílen, Apstls. Kmbl. 40; Ap. 20
Linked entry: hwílen
cattes
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Cat's mint, cat-mint; felina mentha. nepeta cataria, Lin. Som. Ben. Lye
ge-liccian
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to lick Ðá hundas his wunda geliccedon, Hml. Th. i. 330, 22
Linked entry: liccian
gállíce
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Wantonly, licentiously Gif hé gállíce ( luxuriose ) his líf drohtnað, Chrd. 108, 18
blód-wyrt
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BLOODWORT or bloody-dock from its red veins and stems; rumex sanguineus, Lin
æcer-mǽlum
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By acres Ðæt land líð hídmǽlum and æcermǽlum, C. D. vi. 98, 5
hǽre
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Hí mid hǽran hí gescrýddon tó líce they wore sackcloth next their skin, Hml. S. 12, 36 : Hml. A. 108, 207. Heó áwearp hire hǽran and hire wudewan reáf, 109, 228. sackcloth used to lie on Hé oftost læg uppon ánre hǽran on þǽre baran flóra, Hml.
býreþ
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it pertains to, it is lawful; pertinet ad, licet, Jn. Lind. War. 10, 13
un-ofslegen
Unslain
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Unslain His bróðor geendode his líf on sibbe unofslegen, Homl. Th. ii. 544, 31
Linked entry: of-sleán
á-worpenlic
Worthy of rejection ⬩ or reprobation
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Substitute: Worthy of rejectionor reprobation Ðæt líf byþ áworpenlic vita reprobatur, Past. 409, 36
healdsum
Taking care of ⬩ protective
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Taking care of, protective Sé bið halsum in his líf, Archiv, cxxix. 25, 6
þeów-weorc
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Gif esne ofer dryhtnes hǽse þeówweorc wyrce an Sunnanǽfen (v. þeówet-líc, last passage ), L. Wih. 9; Th. i. 38, 18
ge-wilnigendlic
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Add: desirable All gewilnien[d]lic omne desiderabile, Kent. Gl. 238. Gewilniendlic goldhord thesaurus desiderabilis, 791. Gewilnigendlic, Hml. Th. i. 116, 34. Gewilniendlice ofor gold desiderabilia super aurum, Ps.
hwearf
shifting ⬩ veering ⬩ changeable
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Cf. ge-hweorf; hwerf-líc
cyssan
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Ǽlc þára manna þe óðerne swíðe lufað, hine lyst bet cyssan ðonne óðerne on bær líc, þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweóna beóð, Shrn. 185, 31. Sylle heom eallum cyssan bóc, Ll. Th. i. 226, 25. Cyssende handa osculans manus, Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Add
breág
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an eye-lid Breága palpebrarum, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 32; Rä. 41, 100
brég
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an eye-lid, Ps. Surt. 131, 4: Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, note 18