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þearfend-lic

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Woruldlicra ǽhta hí lǽddon þearfendlic líf rebus pauperem vitam ducebant, Gr. D. 283, 15. Add

lín-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
lín-æcer, (?), es; m.
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wege þám innmæstan ; of línaceran innan ðone hege, Cht. . 239, 10, Cf. lín-leáh, fleax-æcer

ýþ-lid

(n.)
Grammar
ýþ-lid, es; n.
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Ofer ýðlid (-lið, MS.), 889; An. 445

hreóf-lig

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóf-lig, adj.

Leprous

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Láðlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc this leper betokened all mankind that was foully leprous ... Loathsome is the body of the leper, 16-21: 33. Wacode ealle ða niht mid ðam wædlian hreóflian. Homl. Swt. 3, 486. Reóflium menn gelíc like a leper, Homl.

Linked entries: hreóflia hreóf-líc

lín-sǽd

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Genim línsǽd, gegriud, bríwe wið þám elmes drænce; ꝥ bið gód sealf foredum lime, Lch. ii. 66, 25. On længctene . . . línséd sáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 10. Add: —

dreór-lic

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Dele (v. dreórig-lic), and add: cruel, horrid. Cf. (?) dreórig, Manige wǽron gewende fram þám dreórlican ( = deór- ?) móde multi a bestiali mente mutati sunt, Gr. D. 100, 12

mynster-líf

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-líf, es; n.

monastic lifea place in which the monastic life is lived

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Munuc-líf

lǽn-lic

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Wé sculon geþencean ꝥ þis líf is lǽnlic þe wé nú on libbað, Ll. Th. ii. 400, 15. Add

streng-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
streng-líc, adj.
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Cf. strang-líc

swót-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swót-líc, adj.
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Ger. sóz-líh.] Cf. swétlíce, and next word

cyn-lic

Grammar
cyn-lic, convenient.
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Erf) percommode, Txts. 85, 1534. v. un-cynlic, and cine-lic in Dict. Add

orsorg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
orsorg-líc, adj. with gen.

Secure

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Secure Ðæt líf ðara gesinhíwena mæg bión orsorglíc ǽlcra wíta conjugalis vita a supfliciis secura est, Past. 51, 6; Swt. 399, 22

fird-lic

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Take here fyrd-lic, and add

preóst-líf

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-líf, es; n.
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Cf. munuc-líf Martinus cóm tó ánum preóstlífe, and hí gelógodon þá his bæd on þæs mynstres sprǽchúse . . . þá woldon ðá preóstas him wurðlíce beddian, Hml. S. 31, 846

wafor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wafor-líc, adj.

Spectacular, theatrical

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Similar entries v.wæfer-líc, wæfer-sín, wafian, and following words

Linked entry: wæfer-líc

cwíðend-líc

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>cwiþen-lic;</b> adj. Native, natural Cwiþenlicre genuini (perhaps Aldhelm 73, 11 'genuini (partus),' glossed by gecyndelicere, An. Ox. 5092. Cf. also genuina matrice glossed by ácennendlicum cildhaman, 1243), Wrt.

wrixend-lic

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>wrixiend-lic;</b> adj. Mutual In þám freóndlican geflite þǽre wrixiendlicari eádmódnesse in hac mutuae humilitatis amica contentione. Gr. D. 116, 7

líf-leást

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Wé synd ealle beléwde tó úre lif-leáste traditi sumuss Add: —

líf-leás

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Add: that has ceased to live Sum man . . . his feorh forlét. . . . Se hálga wer geneálǽhte þám lífleásan men (cf. þone sáwlleásan líchaman, Hml. S. 31, 249), Hml. Th. ii. 504, 35. not endowed with life Geoffrian heora lac þám lífleásum godum. Hml.

stóc-líf

(n.)
Grammar
stóc-líf, es ; n.
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Cf. cot-, mynster-líf for words in which líf is similarly used ; and see stóc

Linked entry: stóc