líget
Lightning
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Lightning, a flash of lightning Lígit fulgor vel fulmen, Wrt. Voc. 52, 46. Hys ansýn wæs swylce lígyt, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 3: 24, 27. Ðǽr begann tó brastligenne micel þunor and líget sceótan, Homl. Th. ii. 196, 23. Swá háttra sumor swá mára þunor and líget
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linian
to leave
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to leave[?] Ic leonige óðrum eorþcyningum tó bysne ðæt hié witen ðý gearwor ðæt mín þrym and mín weorþmynd máran wǽron ðonne ealra óðra kyninga ðe in middangearde ǽfre wǽron I leave it [an account of my exploits] as an example to other kings, that they
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litel
lífan
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úre Hǽlend lýfde ꝥ mann his lífe gebeorge, Hml. S. 5, 322. Hý lýfdon ðe þǽr ofer wǽron lytlingum heora Add: —
-lígne
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lísan
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Lýs þíne synna mid ælmessum on þearfena gemiltsunge (peccata tua eleemosynis redime, et iniquitates tuas misericordiis pauperum, Dan. 4, 24), Ll. Th. ii. 434, 25. [v. N. JS. D. leese.] Add: —
líxan
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Lixte fulminavit (v. Ald. 61, 35), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 43. Gemétte hé .xii. mancessas, and þá wǽron swá líxende (scínende, v. l. fidgentes) Add: —
lífan
to remain
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to remain
LIFER
The LIVER
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The LIVER Lifer jecur, Wrt. Voc. 65, 50: 71, 6. Lifre læppan fibræ, Ælfc. Gl. 76; Som. 71, 110; Wrt. Voc. 45, 16. Ðære lifre nett reticulum jecoris, Ex. 29, 13. Ealle ða þing ðe tó ðære lifre clifiaþ cuncta, quæ adhærent jecori, Lev. 1, 8. Se vultor
lifer
libramentum
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a level surface[?]; libramentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 78
lísan
To loosen ⬩ release ⬩ redeem ⬩ deliver
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To loosen, release, redeem, deliver Mín sáwl ða ðú sylf lýsdest anima mea, quam redemisti, Ps. Th. 70, 21. Se sylfa cyning mid síne líchoman lýsde of firenum, Exon. 25 b; Th. 74, 22; Cri. 1210. Gif hé ða hand lésan [álýsan, MS. H; lýsan, MS. B.] wille
lítan
to bend ⬩ incline
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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
líxan
To shine ⬩ glitter ⬩ gleam
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To shine, glitter, gleam Seó reádnes ðære rósan líxeþ on ðé, and seó hwítnes ðære lilian scíneþ on ðé, Blickl. Homl. 7, 30. Móna líxeþ, Exon. 18 a; Th. 44, 6; Cri. 698. Ðæt nebb líxeþ swá glæs oððe gim the beak glitters like glass or gem, 60 a; Th. 218
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lífan
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lifer
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Lifre jecor, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 10. Wiþ þǽre lifre swile, Lch. ii. 200, 1 (and often). His lifere iecor eius, Kent. Gl. 218. Swát ýðum weóll þurh báncofan, blód lifrum swealg (the blood streaming out brought with it parts of the inside of the body ? C f