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hwílwend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwílwend-líc, adj.

Temporary

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Hwílwendlíc líf ... éce líf the life of time ... the life of eternity, Homl. Th. ii. 240, 15-20.

Linked entry: hwílend-líc

dér-ling

(n.)

a darling

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Lind. 12, 18

brýd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
brýd-líc, adj.

Bridalnuptialis

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Lind. Stv. 22, 12

trum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
trum-líc, adj.
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Ðæt óðer líf ðætte fæstre beón scolde and trumlícre (stabilior ]. Past. 52 ; Swt. 411, 1. hortatory, of exhortation Hé ðam cyninge sende trumlíc ǽrendgewrit. Bd. 2, 17; S. 520, 19 note. v. next word

Líða

(n.)
Grammar
Líða, an; m.
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Ǽrra Líða, Junius, Menol. Fox 213; Men. 108. Mónaþ ðone wé nemnaþ on lýden Iulius ... ðone mónaþ wé nemnaþ on úre geþeóde se æftera Lýða, Shrn. 99, 26: 110, 24

Linked entry: ǽrra líða

wrégend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wrégend-líc, adj.
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Grammar wrégend-líc, Accusative Accussativus ys wrégendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Zup. 22, 20

wundrigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wundrigend-líc, adj.

Expressing admirationastonishment

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Expressing admiration or astonishment O is tóclypigendlíc Grammar wundrigend-líc, adverbium ... hé is eác wundrigendlíc: O qualis facies, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 241, 16

þearfend-lic

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

ýþ-lid

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

heáfod-ling

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-ling, es; m.

An equal, a fellow, matechief, captain,

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Lind. 11, 16. Heáfodlinges conservos, 24. 49

Linked entry: efen-hæfdling

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

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

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

geong-lic

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Geonglica lima iuuenilia membra, Scint. 144, 4. ¶ used substantively, a young person, a juvenile :-- Understand þú geonglic ꝥ ic wyð þé nu gerímige, Angl. viii. 307, 39

Linked entry: geon-lic

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