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líhte

Similar entry: leóhte

litel

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
litel, litig.

liþ

(n.)
Grammar
liþ, a fleet.
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Þá lǽt Eádward cyng scypian xl. snacca, þá lágon æt Sandwíc . . . þá geáxedon ꝥ lið ꝥ on Sandwíc læg embe Godwines fare, setton þá æfter, and hé heom ætbærst, and ꝥ lið wende ongeán tó Sandwíc, and swá hámweard tó Lundenbyrig, Chr. 1052 ; P. 179, 13-22

líðs

(n.)
Grammar
líðs, e; f.

Gentlenesscalmeasepleasure

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Gentleness, calm, ease, pleasure Líðsa and wynna hám a home of pleasures and of joys [Eden], Cd. 45; Th. 58, 13; Gen. 945. Líðsum gewunedon they lived at ease, 80; Th. 100, 28; Gen. 1671

Linked entry: liss

Líða

(n.)
Grammar
Líða, an; m.
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Name of the months June and July Se mónaþ is nemned on lǽden Iunius, and on úre geþeóde se ǽrra Líða, for ðon seó lyft biþ ðonne smylte and ða windas. Ond monnum biþ ðonne gewunelíc ðæt hí líðaþ ðonne on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 87, 34. Se ǽrra Lýða, 99, 11.

Linked entry: ǽrra líða

lítan

(v.)
Grammar
lítan, [from lútan, as bígan from búgan]

to bendincline

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to cause to bow, to bend, incline Ðæt ingeþonc ǽlces monnes ðone líchoman lít ðider hit wile the mind of every man inclines the body whither it will, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 237; Met. 26, 119

líþig

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Genim þás wyrte on mortere wel gepunude oð ꝥ heó wel líþi (líþe, v. l. ) sý, Lch. i. 312, 11. Add

líþan

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Þá eódon hí of þám scipe, þá þe líþon and fÝron mid Maximiane (qui cum Maximiano navigabant), 249, 14. Þá wæs heofones smyltnes tósliten, þǽre þe wé ǽr úton leoþon (liþon, v. l.) Add: —

liðere

(n.)
Grammar
liðere, an; f: liðera, an; m.

A sling

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A sling Liðere funda, Wrt. Voc. 84, 34. Lyðre, 35, 30. Liðre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 41. Leðera funda: liðeran fundibulæ, 36, 23, 24. Swá mycelre brǽdo swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan amplitudinis quasi jactus fundæ, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 11. Mid his liðeran

for-líþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-líþan, p. -láþ, pl. -liton, -liþon; pp. -liden, -liþen
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To suffer shipwreck Forliþan naufragaverant, An. Ox. 4490: 4621

Linked entries: for-liden for-lidennes

líste

(n.)
Grammar
líste, an; f.

A listhemborderselvage

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A list, hem, border, selvage Líste lembus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 1: 50, 68. Lístan lembum, 112, 54. Lístum, lembus, 50, 69

-lígne

(suffix)

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lilie

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Add: — Lilige lilitan, Wrt. Voc. i. 79, 59. Hwylc wyrt is betst and sélust ? Lilige hátte seó wyrt, for ðám ðe heó getácnað Críst. Sal. K. 186, 9

líþend

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liþule

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Gif lioþole út yrne, Lch. ii. 12, 24. Add

lilie

(n.)
Grammar
lilie, lilige, an; f.

A lily

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A lily Lilie lilium, Ælfc. Gl. 39; Som. 63, 60; Wrt. Voc. 30, 10. Liliæ. Ðás wyrt man lilie and óðrum naman lilium nemneþ, Herb. 109; Lchdm. i. 222, 5. Lilige, Lchdm, iii. 24, 9. Genim ða twá wyrta, ðæt is, lilie and róse; ber tó bearneácenum wífe ..

lisne

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lisne, Ps. Th. 52, 6.

Similar entry: lyswen

liþere

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In 1. 2 for leðera l. liðera, and add Turniendre liþeran rotantis fundibali, An. Ox. 695

-lifne

(suffix)

Similar entry: ǽ-lifne

lite-líce

(adv.)

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