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sǽl-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽl-lic, sǽl-líce.

ǽr-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr-lic, -líce.

Similar entry: ár-lic

wilddeór-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilddeór-líc, adj.

Wild beast-like ⬩ brutish ⬩ brutal ⬩ bestial

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Hié be sumum dǽle wildiór-líce ( bestiales ) bióð, Past. 17 ; Swt. 108, 23

furþum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
furþum-líc, adj. [furþ = forþ forth, onwards; furþum = forþum, dat. to onwards, excessive? líc]

Luxurious ⬩ indulgent ⬩ luxŭriōsus ⬩ mollis ⬩ ventrĭcōsus

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Luxurious, indulgent; luxŭriōsus, mollis, ventrĭcōsus Sarðanapālus [MS. -olus] se síþmesta cyninge, wæs swíðe furþumlíc man Sardanapālus the last king was a very luxurious man, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 15

Linked entry: furþ-um

-líce

(adv.; suffix)
Grammar
-líce, adv.
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Add: v. on—líce, swá-líce

an-drysen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
an-drysen-líc, -drysn-líc, [on-]; adj.

Terrible ⬩ terribilis

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Terrible; terribilis Swýðe heáh God and swýðe andrysnlíc ofer ealle godas Dominus summus, terribilis super omnes deos. Ps. Th. 46, 2: Past. 15, 2; Hat. MS. 19 a. 26

león

(v.)
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Add: p. leáh; pp. ligen

LAND

(n.)
Grammar
LAND, es; n.

LAND ⬩ earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ region ⬩ district ⬩ province ⬩ land ⬩ landed property ⬩ estate ⬩ cultivated land ⬩ country

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Lind. 16, 12. Heora wlenca wǽron swíðe monigfealde on landum and on wíngeardum, Blickl. Homl. 99, 15.

Linked entries: land-gewyrpe landes mann

leó

(n.)
Grammar
leó, g. león; [a dat. leóne and acc. f. leó are found as well as regular forms león: the dat. pl. leónum is put under leóna q.v.] m. f.

A lion ⬩ lioness

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Ða wildan leó hé gewylde the wild lion he subdued, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 16. Ðú miht tredan león and dracan conculcabis leonem et draconem, Ps. Th. 90, 13: Glostr. Frag. 110, 3.

Linked entries: leá león leóna

lífan

(v.)
Grammar
lífan, to permit.
Entry preview:

úre Hǽlend lýfde ꝥ mann his lífe gebeorge, Hml. S. 5, 322. Hý lýfdon ðe þǽr ofer wǽron lytlingum heora Add: —

lann

(n.)
Grammar
lann, loon, e; f.

A bond ⬩ fetter

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A bond, fetter Licgeþ lonnum fæst lies fast in fetters, Salm. Kmbl. 531; Sal. 265. Fæste gebindan, lonnum belúcan, 557; Sal. 278

lang

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Þæt longe líf, Cri. 1464.

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Add: v. lác-lic Se mǽgðhád sceal God beón geoffrod be his ágenum cyre, ꝥ seó lác beo leófre þám Hǽlende, Hml. A. 33, 234. Nolde Drihten ásendan þone ðe hé sylf gehǽlde tó þám sácerde mid ǽnigre láce, Hml. Th. i. 124, 19.

ge-líc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-líc, [-líce?],es; n.

Likeness ⬩ similitude ⬩ sĭmĭlĭtūdo

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Likeness, similitude; sĭmĭlĭtūdo Næfdon hí máre monnum gelíces ðonne ingeþonc they had no more likeness to men than the mind, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 186; Met. 26, 93

Linked entry: líc

lǽ

(n.)

hair

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The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster, contained 200 threads.' Halliwell gives as a northern word 'lea

fleax-líne

(n.)
Grammar
fleax-líne, an; f.
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A cord for hanging flax on (?) Hé sceal fela towtóla habban; flexlínan, spinle, reól, Angl. ix. 263, 10

sceát-líne

(n.)
Grammar
sceát-líne, an; f.

The sheet of a sail

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The sheet of a sail, the rope fastened to the lower end of a sail Sceátlíne (sceac-, MS.) propes, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 62: 63, 58. Cf. fótráp propes, 48, 25, and Icel. skaut-reip

Linked entries: fót-ráp sceac-líne

lám

(n.)
Grammar
lám, es; n.

Clay ⬩ mud ⬩ mire ⬩ earth

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God gesceóp man of ðære eorþan láme formavit dominus deus hominem de limo terræ, Gen. 2, 7: Homl. Th. i. 12, 29: 236, 15. Áfæstnod ic eom on láme grundes I sink in deep mire; infixus sum in Iimo profundi, Ps. Spl. 68, 2.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a course ⬩ way ⬩ a lode ⬩ watercourse ⬩ carrying ⬩ carriage ⬩ bringing ⬩ Sustenance ⬩ provision

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., líb-leita victus, annona, alimonium

Linked entries: circan lád lát in-lád ládung LǼDAN gén-lád ofer-lád

lǽn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn, lán [v. under lǽn-land], e; f.

a loan ⬩ grant ⬩ gift ⬩ lease ⬩ fee ⬩ fief

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Kmbl. i. lix.

Linked entries: lǽne lǽn-land

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