láð-treów
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a fell, harmful tree [the tree of knowledge], Cd. 30; Th. 40, 25; Gen. 644
láð-wende
evil ⬩ hostile ⬩ malignant
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Evilly disposed, evil, hostile, malignant Wæs láðwendo ongan wið Sarran winnan Hagar was evilly disposed and began to strive with Sarah, Cd. 102; Th. 135, 7; Gen. 2239. Gyf mon méte ðæt hé gǽt geseó ðonne mæg hé wénan ðæs láðwendan feóndes him on neáwyste
leás-líc
False ⬩ vain ⬩ frivolous
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False, vain, frivolous Wénþ ðæt hit hæbbe sum heálíc gód gestryned ... and mé þincþ ðæt hit hæbbe geboht sume swíðe leáslíce mǽrþe it supposes that it has gained some exalted good ... and methinks it has purchased a very false greatness, Bt. 24, 3; Fox
Linked entry: leás-ferhþness
lencten-líc
Vernal ⬩ lenten
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Vernal, lenten Lengtenlíc dæg dies vernalis, Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 76, 11; Wrt. Voc. 53, 25. Manegra manna cwyddung is ðæt seó lenctenlíce emniht gebyrige rehtlíce on Marian mæssedæge, Lchdm. iii. 256, 4. Ða clǽnan tíd lenctenlíces fæstenes the pure time
leóht-líc
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ shining
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Light, bright, shining Lyftfæt leóhtlíc [the moon], Exon. 108 a; Th. 411, 21; Rä. 30, 3
leóþ-líc
Poetical
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Poetical Beda ðises hálgan líf ǽgðer ge æfter ánfealdre gereccednysse ge æfter leóþlícere gyddunge áwrát Bede wrote this saint's life both in prose and in verse, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 1
líc-beorg
a hill ⬩ funeral mound ⬩ protection ⬩ to taste ⬩ eat
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m. a hill, funeral mound; or beorg; f. protection; or beorg connected with beorgan to taste, eat, a literal reproduction of sarcophagus?] a sarcophagus Lícbeorg sarcofago, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 50
líc-bysig
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Of active body, active with the body Ic eom lícbysig láce mid winde active am I of body, move hither and thither with the wind, Exon. 122 b; Th. 470, 22; Rä. 31, 1
lícend-líc
Pleasing ⬩ pleasant
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Pleasing, pleasant Forðon on his folce is fægere Drihtne wel lícendlíc quia beneplacitum est Domino in populo suo, Ps. Th. 149, 4
Linked entries: lícan líciend-líc
líc-fæt
The body
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The body, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 20; Gú.1063
líc-hama
The body ⬩ the corporeal
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The body [generally of a living person], the corporeal, in contrast to the spiritual, part of man Se líchoma biþ líchoma ða hwile ðe hé his lima ealle hæfþ, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 148, 6. Is ðæs monnes líchoma betera ðonne ealle his ǽhta ... seó sáwl betere
líc-hord
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The inner parts of the body, Exon. 46 b; Th. 159, 19 Gú. 929: 47 b; Th. 163, 31; Gú. 1002
líc-hrægel
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Winding-sheet Hí dydon sce Cúþberhtes liic of eorþan ... ðá bǽron hí ðæs líchrægles dǽl tó Eádberhte ðæm biscope, Shrn. 82, 16
líc-hryre
death
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Fall of the body, death, s; Th. 67, 11; Gen. 1099
líc-leóþ
dirge ⬩ epicedion
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A funeral song, dirge; epicedion, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 2
líc-pytt
A grave
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A grave Lícpytt [MS. ic pytt] scrobs, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 51; Som. 13, 17
líc-rest
tomb ⬩ sepulchre
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A place of rest for a dead body, tomb, sepulchre Hé hæfde ðæt land syððan him sylfon tó lícreste he had the land afterwards for his own burial place, Gen. 23, 20. On líchryste in cœmeterio, Hpt. Gl. 507, 67. Man slóh án geteld ofer ða hálgan bán binnan
líc-sár
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A body-wound, a mortal wound[?], Beo. Th. 1635; B. 815: Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 25; Cri. 1430
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líc-sirce
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A coat of mail, Beo. Th. 1105; B. 550