líf-gedál
Entry preview:
Tó þon ꝥ hí heom ne ondréden on þám deáðe æt heora lífgedále ut in morte minims pertimescant, Gr. D. 337, 27. Add
munuc-líf
Entry preview:
Add Ðá mynstra on Wintancestræ Eádgár cining tó munuclífe gedyde (cf. Chr. 964 ; P. 116, 3 under munuc), C. D. iii. 128, 20. add On ðám munuclífe þe is Lindisfarneá geháten, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 6. Hú wel hit férde mid ús þá ðá munuclíf wǽron mid wurðscipe
nunn-líf
Entry preview:
the life of a nun Þá þá . . . háliges nunlífes drohtoþ (sanctimonialis vitae conversationem) heó sóhte, Gr. D. 199, 16
reáf-lác
Entry preview:
Add Hé feccan sceolde ꝥ feoh mid reáfláce, Hml. S. 25, 762. Þysum wolde gedón sum Langbeardisc man reáflác on ðám ylcum beón huic cum Longobardus quidam in eisdem apibus rapinam voluisset ingerere, Gr. D. 229, 13. Add Ðæt hé for ðý reáfige ðý hé tiohchie
ǽfen-lof
Even-song
Entry preview:
Even-song Æfter ǽfenlofe post uespertinalem laudem Angl. xiii. 437, 1035
hǽmed-lác
Sexual intercourse ⬩ coitus
Entry preview:
Sexual intercourse; coitus, Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 11; Rä. 43, 3
brǽmbel-leáf
a bramble, ⬩ a leaf ⬩ The leaf of a bramble; ⬩ rubi folium
Entry preview:
The leaf of a bramble; rubi folium Nim brǽmbel-leáf take bramble-leaves, Lchdm. iii. 40, 26
Linked entry: brémel-leáf
brýd-lác
A marriage gift or feast, the celebration of a marriage ⬩ nuptiale offertorium, nuptiarum celebritates
Entry preview:
A marriage gift or feast, the celebration of a marriage; nuptiale offertorium, nuptiarum celebritates Ne nán preóst mót beón æt ðam brýdlácum áhwǽr ðǽr man eft wífaþ, oððe wíf eft ceorlaþ nor may any priest be at the celebration of a marriage anywhere
wín-leáf
A vine-leaf
Entry preview:
A vine-leaf Wínleáf pampinus, Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 73
riht-líf
A right life
Entry preview:
A right life Wýf tó onfónne tó rihtlífe, Lchdm. iii. 176, 22
cot-líf
A village ⬩ villa
Entry preview:
[cot a cot, cottage; líf, II. a place to live in] A village; villa Ðæt cotlíf the village Cod. Dipl. 828; A. D. 1066; Kmbl. iv. 191, 13: 845; Kmbl. iv. 204, 31: 855; Kmbl. iv. 211, 25: 859; Kmbl. iv. 214, 6: 864; Kmbl. iv. 217, 7. He bohte feola cotlíf
hoc-leaf
Mallow
Entry preview:
Mallow Hocleáf malva, Wrt. Voc 79, 11. Hocleáf. Ðeós wyrt ðe man maluæ erraticæ and óðrum naman hocleáf nemneþ byþ cenned ǽghwǽr on begánum stówum this plant, which is called malva erratica, and by another name hockleaf, is produced everywhere in cultivated
wei lá wei
Similar entry: weg
Engla land
England
Entry preview:
Willelm gewann Ængla land, 1066; P. 196, 1. Similar entries Cf. Angel-cynn
Cwéna land
This might be a link to, a part of or a variant of another entry.
lǽð
a lathe
Entry preview:
The word occurs in the Latin laws of Edward the Confessor In quibusdam vero provinciis Anglice vocabatur léð, quod isti dicunt tithinge [or trihinge], Th. i. 455, ii. 3. In L. Hen.
lagu-streám
Sea ⬩ stream ⬩ river ⬩ water
Entry preview:
On lago-streáme [the Danube], Elen. Kmbl. 273; El. 137. Lyft wið lagustreám air with water, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 22; Sch. 84. Lád ofer lagustreám, Andr. Kmbl. 845; An. 423: Bt. Met. Fox. 26, 31; Met. 26, 16.
land-ár
Entry preview:
Property in land, landed estate Of Seint Petres land-áre in territorio Sancti Petri, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 242, 16.
lǽr-gedéfe
Entry preview:
Leorna láre lǽr gedéfe wene ðec in wísdóm. Exon. 806; Th. 303, 31; Fä. 61. In this passage Ettmüller and Grein take lǽrgedéfe as an adj. but lǽr may well be, as Thorpe takes it, the imperat. of lǽran, which verb naturally accompanies leornian
Linked entry: ge-défe