Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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les

Similar entry: GE-LES

libn

Similar entry: lifen

-líce

(adv.; suffix)

-ly

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a frequent adverbial termination, modern -ly

líft

(n.)
Grammar
líft, lýft

a grant ⬩ allowance

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a grant, allowance Ús bóceras beteran secgaþ lengran lýft wynna learned men tell us of a better and longer grant of joys, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 24; Exod. 531

Linked entry: lýft

Lige

(n.)
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the river Lea

-lah

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-lah, adj.

Similar entry: út-lah

lama

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Lama debilis Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 40. Sum mǽden wearð lama quaedam puella paralytica Gr. D. 228, 9. Seó wæs ǽr fíf geár loma, Shrn. 128, 20. Þes lama wǽdla búton handcræfte (cf. sé læg bedryda fram cildháde oð his geendunge, 96, 21), Hml. Th. ii. 98, 16.

lamb

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Add: lemb Ꝥ lemb agnum Rtl. 47, 36, 14. Swá swá lamb þonne hit man scyrð, Hml. Th. ii. 16, 21. Sceáphyrdes riht is ꝥ hé hæbbe . . . .i. lamb of geáres geogeðe, Ll. Th. i. 438, 23. Lombur scépa agni ovium Ps. Srt. 113, 4. Lomberu, 6. Lo[m]bra agnorum

lád

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Add In monasterio quod iuxta ostium aquilonale fluminis Génládae positum Raculfe nuncupatur, Bd. 5, 8. Haec sunt termina huius agri ... ab aquilone génlád, C.D. i. 238, 6. [v. D.D. yenlade; Halliwell Dict. yenlet.] Add: ¶ In the phrase cyrcan lád, which

-líce

(adv.; suffix)

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léw

Linked entry: syn-léw

lida

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leó

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Add: gen. f. leó pas Grécisce naman . . . hic leon þeós leó ; ac wé forlǽtað þone n on Lédensprǽce and cweðað leó, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 42, 1. Swé swé leá sicut leo;, Ps. Srt. 16, 12: ii. 184, 40. Hé hét áne strange leó lǽtan in tó him . . . þá arn seó leó .

léf

(adj.)
Grammar
léf, adj.
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Léf debile Germ. 389, 79. Mé is gelícost þám þe on léfan scipe byþ, Gr. D. 5, 14. Add

léf

(n.)
Grammar
léf, n.
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Dele. The Latin which the citation translates is: Si in quarta ventus fuerit parui panes sunt in illo anno, so that léf seems = hláf. v. Archiv cxxviii. 56, 12

lemb

Similar entry: lamb

líman

(v.)
Grammar
líman, p. de
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To emit rays, beam, shine ꝥ ꝥ leóht þe þǽr lýmde betweoh þám þýstrum wæs beorhtre þonne dæges leóht ut diem vinceret lux ilia quae inter tenebras radiasset, Gr. D. 171, 5

Linked entries: á-líman límian

líman

(v.)
Grammar
líman, to join. [ v. N. E. D. nietocement. ]

Similar entry: ge-líman

-líce

(adv.; suffix)

Linked entry: -líce

lang-lífe

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-lífe, -líf; adj.

Long-lived

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Langlífe hé biþ he shall live long, Lchdm. iii. 184, 4

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