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líf-welle

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Add: life-giving. Cf. dead-wille

ende-líf

(n.)
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ende-líf, es; n.

An end of life, death vīta fīnīta, mors

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An end of life, death; vīta fīnīta, mors Wurdon hie deáþes on wénan, ádes and endelífes they were in expectation of death, of the funeral pilē and end of life, Elen. Kmbl. 1166; El. 585

ríc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ríc-líc, adj.

Greatsplendidmagnificent

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Great, splendid, magnificent Ungemetlíce ríclíc lýf excessively splendid mode of life, Shrn. 184, 8

líf-fæst

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Add: having life, quickened, Vy. 6 (in Dict.) life-giving Þá lýffæstan gerýnu ( the eucharistic elements'), Hml.

líf-welle

(adj.)
Grammar
líf-welle, adj.
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Lind. 4, 10

tǽs-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tǽs-líc, adj.

Advantageous, good, convenient

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Lind. 25, 9. v. next word

býgend-líc

(adj.)
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býgend-líc, adj.
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Flexible, pliable; flexilis, flexibilis Býgendlíc on ðám geþeódnessum his liða flexibilibus artuum compagibus, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 37

Linked entry: bígend-lic

pís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pís-líc, adj.
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Lind. Rush. 14, 40. v. next word and pís

heofoncund-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
heofoncund-lic, adj.

Heavenlycelestial

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Heavenly, celestial Becuman tó dám écan lífe þæs heofoncundlican ríces, Wlfst. 215, 10. Mid heofoncundlicre bletsunge gebletsod, 293, 29

átor-líc

(adj.)

poison-likeveneno similis

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poison-like; veneno similis

tál-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tál-líc, adj.

that conveys reproach, calumny, etc., calumnious, blasphemousthat deserves reproof, blameable, reprehensible

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Skt. i. 5, 281. v. tǽl-líc, and next word

Linked entries: tǽl-líc teál-líc

áncor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
áncor-líc, adj.

Anchoreticlike a hermitanachoreticus

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Anchoretic, like a hermit; anachoreticus

Linked entry: áncer-líc

ceorl-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ceorl-líc, ceorlíc; adj.

CHURL-LIKE, rustic, commonrusticus, vulgaris

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CHURL-LIKE, rustic, common; rusticus, vulgaris Ceorllc ǽhta common property; peculium, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 122; Wrt. Voc. 20, 59

regol-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
regol-líc, adj.

As an ecclesiastical term (v. regal, III).regular, in accordance with monastic rulesregularisin accordance with the canons of the church, canonical

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[Icel.reglu-ligr.]

wilder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilder-líc, (?); adj.

Wildbeast-likebrutish

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Wildbeast-like, brutish Hié be sumum dǽle wildorlíce (wildiórlíce, Cott. MSS. ) beóð ex qua parte bestiales sunt Past. 17; Swt. 109, 23

áncer-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
áncer-líc, adj.

Anchoreticlike a hermitanachoreticus

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Anchoretic, like a hermit; anachoreticus,Som

sundor-líf

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-líf, es; n.
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A private life:?-Hé sundorlíf (vitam privatam) and munuclíf wæs foreberende eallum ðám weolum ðæs eorþlícan ríces, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 7

riht-líf

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Add: a life of lawful matrimony Fón mágas tó and weddian heora magan tó wífe and tó rihtlífe, Ll. Th. i. 254, 20

nergend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
nergend-lic, adj.
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For þám micel gód ( the MS. lias the accent) and nergendlic swýðe, and þú fintst blisse, Hpt. 21, 189

niht-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
niht-líc, adj.

Nightlyof the nightnocturnal

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Ðæs synfullan líf is wiðmeten nihtlícum þeóstrum, ii. 200, 33. Nihtlícum tídum in the night seasons, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 11. Þerh næhtlíco mysto per nocturnas caligines, Rtl. 171, 39

Linked entry: nihte-líc