híred-leóf
friendly ⬩ familiar
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Dear to a family, friendly, familiar Gif of óþrum mynstre cúþum and híredlofum (-leófum?) bróþor ǽnig gecýdd byþ forþfaren si ex alio monasterio noto ac familiari frater quis nuntiatus fuerit defunctus, Angl. xiii. 445, 1146
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leór-ness
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leód-bisceop
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Cnut cyning grét his arceb and his leód-biscopas, Cht. E. 229, 18. Add
leód-hata
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Gr. D. 163, 32. Add
leód-sceaþa
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leód-scipe
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Þæt folc of gehwilcum leódscipe þá stówe geneósiað, Hml. Th. i. 510, 12. For ðone cincg and ealne his leódscipe, C. D. iii. 315, 16. Cf. leód-rǽden. Add
leód-stefn
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leóf-líc
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Leóflicere laudabili . i. honorabili (fervore), An. Ox. 3919. Add
leáh-tric
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in Dict., and add Be þǽre nunfǽmnan þe bát þone leahtric, Gr. D. 30, 33
ceaster-leód
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a citizen Þǽr úre bídaþ úre ceasterlióde, Nap. 12
ceaster-leód
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The people of a city, the citizens God wæs yrre þǽre ceasterléóde, Nap. la
ǽr-leóf
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Very dear [Æ]rl[e]óf gratus, An. Ox. 56, 296
on-león
to grant the loan of something (gen. of loan) ⬩ to grant, bestow
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to grant the loan of something (gen. of loan) Gielde se ðæs wǽpnes onláh, L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 6; Beo. Th. 2939; B. 1467. Onligenre inpactae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 31. to grant, bestow Sum ǽhta onlíhþ, sum biþ wonspédig, Exon. Th. 295, 9; Crä. 30
sealt-leáh
A salt lea ⬩ Saltley
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A salt lea; hence Saltley Of ðan swínhagan ðæt on sealtleáge; and of sealtleáge in ðone hyrstgeard, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 400, 1
on-líhtan
of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine, ⬩ to give sight to, make the sight clear ⬩ to clear the mental vision, to enlighten ⬩ to give light (with dat.) ⬩ To shine
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Swá onlíhte ( luceat ) eówer leóht, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 16. Onlióhte inlucescat, Kent. Gl. 206
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ge-wit-leást
Folly ⬩ madness ⬩ phrensy ⬩ stultitia
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Folly, madness, phrensy; stultitia On ðínre gewitleáste in thy, folly, Homl. Th. i. 424, 16: Ælfc. T. Lisle 32, 24. Wið ða ádle ðe grécas frenésis nemnaþ ðæt is on úre geþeóde gewitlést ðæs módes for the disease which the Greeks call φρένησιs, that is
LIM
A limb ⬩ joint
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A limb, joint, member of a body, branch of a tree Án lim membrum; má lima membra, Wrt. Voc. 70, 20, 21. Gif men cíne hwylc lim, genim regen mela, dó on ðæt lim, L. M. 1, 73; Lchdm. ii, 148, 22. Be ðæs limes (the finger) micelnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 204,
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liþ
A joint ⬩ lith ⬩ limb
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A joint, lith [Scott. e.g. the Laird of Auchinleck to Johnson, Cromwell 'gart kings ken they had a lith in their necks'], member of the body, limb Liþ artus: lytel liþ articulus, Wrt. Voc. 283, 16, 17: Soul Kmbl. 191; Seel. 96. Ðætte sum man fram deáþes
lácan
to swing ⬩ wave about ⬩ to play ⬩ fight ⬩ to play
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to swing, wave about, move as a ship does on the waves, as a bird does in its flight, as flames do Ic láce mid winde I wave about with the wind, Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 17; Rä. 31, 1. Sum láceþ on lyfte one swings in the air [of the man who is hung on