hlísful-líce
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Ióhannes wæs. . . ðæs folces heretoga and hí hlýsfullice geheóld wið þá hǽðenan ðeóda (cf. John . . . and his wars and worthy deeds which he did, i. Macc. 16, 22), Hml. S. 25, 743. Add
limb-stefning
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Peripetasma limb-stefning. Comparison with 26, 6, limbus stemning vel hem, suggests (?) that the gloss should read, peripetasma, limbus stefning
lind-gestealla
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Add: — Ongan . . . helle hæftling galan : ' Hwæt wearð eów swá rófum. rincas míne, lindgesteallan ?, An. 1346
líne-twige
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Línaethuigae carduelis, Txts. 54, 309. [v. N. E. D. lintwhite.] Add: —
list-wrenc
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For ' Lye' substitute Mid listwrence híwian unsóð tó sóðe, Wrfst. 128, 5. Þá þæ yfel cunnon híwian tó góde and unsóð tó sóðe þurh lytigne listwrencg, 81, 37
-menged-líce
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-metend-líce
Similar entry: wiþ-metendlíce
módig-líce
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scot-lira
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-líra
be-limp
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Búton of belimpe ( forte ) þæslic dǽdbót gegearwod sý, Chrd. 109, 26. Add
earfoþ-líce
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byrd-ling
Similar entry: in-byrdling
sceac-líne
Linked entry: sceacged
sceanc-lira
the calf of the leg
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The fleshy,brawny part of the shank, the calf of the leg Scanclira surra Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 71
sceát-líne
The sheet of a sail
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The sheet of a sail, the rope fastened to the lower end of a sail Sceátlíne (sceac-, MS.) propes, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 62: 63, 58. Cf. fótráp propes, 48, 25, and Icel. skaut-reip
Linked entries: fót-ráp sceac-líne
weg-lísu
Want of road
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Want of road Welise ( = wílésu?) devium, Kent. Gl. 432
ǽ-líce
Lawfully, legitimately
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Lawfully, legitimately Ǽlíce lybbende, Hml. A. 24, 12. Æwlíce legitime, Angl. xiii. 369, 50
ǽn-líce
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Ǽnlíce gefretewod, Hml. S. 9, 24: 18, 341. Ðá cwæð ðæt folc ðæt hé ǽnlíce spræc, 18, 111: 36, 79: Hml. A. 103, 44. Add