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léw

Linked entry: syn-léw

lida

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lífan

(v.)
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lífan, to believe.
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lifer

(n.)
Grammar
lifer, = (?) læfer, q. v.

Similar entry: eá-lifer

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 .

léft

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Dele

-lifne

(suffix)

Similar entry: ǽ-lifne

-líce

(adv.; suffix)

Linked entry: -líce

(n.)

hair

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hair Lǽ wíffex cæsaries, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 46. Perhaps we may compare here lee of threde, Prompt. Parv. 291, where the following note is given. 'Forty threads of hemp-yarn are termed in Norfolk a lea. The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster

lah

(n.)
Grammar
lah, n.(?)

Law

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Law Ǽlc mynetere ðe betihtlad sí bicge him lah mid xii óran [cf. bicge him lage, Th. i. 294, 8] let every minter that is accused buy himself law with xii ores [v. lah-ceáp], L. Eth. iii. 8; Th. i. 296, 16

Linked entry: lah-ceáp

lec

(adj.)

rimosus

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rimosus, Germ. 400

Linked entry: lecþa

lec

(adj.)
Grammar
lec, (?),

sweet

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sweet Lec dulcia, Hpt. Gl. 411, 47

leóf

(n.)
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used as a form of address to one or to many, cf. modern 'dear sir' Wé biddap ðé leóf ðæt ðú hlyste úre sprǽce oramus, domine, ut audias nos, Gen. 43, 20: 3, 10 : Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 5, 14. Ðá cwæþ ðæt wíf tó him leóf ðæs mé þingþ ðú eart wítega dicit

leu

(n.)
Grammar
leu, leuw.

Similar entry: leów

-líca

(suffix)

Similar entry: efen-

lifat

Grammar
lifat, [?]
  • Lchdm. iii. 82, 13
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lífan

(v.)
Grammar
lífan, léfan, lýfan; p. de

To believe

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To believe Ðá lýfde Simplicus and fulwihte onféng, Shrn. 146, 18. Ða dysegan men ðe ðysum drýcræftum lýfdon. Bt. Met. Fox 26, 197; Met. 26, 99. Swá is tó lýfenne ðæt ... Blickl. Homl. 11, 12

líht

Similar entry: LEÓHT

-limp

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-

-ling

(suffix)

Similar entry: deór-ling