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ofer-líhtan

(v.)
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to alight upon Mé seó swéte stemn oferlíhte and mé dá gedréfedan geðóhtas fram áflýmde, Hml. S. 23 b, 558

of-licgan

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of-lícian

(v.)
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Þá oflícode þám cyninge ꝥ hé læg hire swá gehende, Hml. A. 100, 274. Ꝥ man óðrum ne beóde ꝥ him sylfum oflicige, 11, 281. Hire ungelícu seó ðe þé oflícige, 94, 66. Add

of-linnan

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Add: to leave off, desist Hú lange willað gé wunigan on þǽre fúlnesse þæs líchoman fyrenlustes ? Oflinnað, lá, ǽr eów se deáð ofercume, Verc. Först. 143, 7. to desist from (gen.) Uton oflinnan þára unárímedra metta . . . Uton eác oflinnan þára tǽlnessa

on-lígian

(v.)
Grammar
on-lígian, on-légian
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to inflame Gesprec Dryhtnes onlégade (inflammavit) hine, Ps. Vos. 104, 19

scot-lira

Grammar
scot-lira, l.
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-líra

spear-lira

Grammar
spear-lira, l. spear-líra, and add: [v. N. E. D. sparlire]

wiþ-licgan

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Gif hé wiðligð þissum si his renisus fuerit, Chrd. 61, 16. Add

ymb-licgan

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ymb-licgan, <b>. II.</b>
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Wæter wǽt and ceald wangas ymbelicgað, eorðe ælgréno, Met. 20, 77. Add

á-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
á-líhtan, <b>. II.</b>
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Se þegen alýhte of his cræte, Hml. Th. i. 400, 25. Add

ár-líce

(adv.)

Similar entry: un-árlíce

be-limp

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Búton of belimpe ( forte ) þæslic dǽdbót gegearwod sý, Chrd. 109, 26. Add

be-limpan

Similar entry: ge-belimpan

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)

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byrd-ling

Similar entry: in-byrdling

sceac-líne

Linked entry: sceacged

sceanc-lira

(n.)
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sceanc-lira, an; m.

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

(n.)
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sceát-líne, an; f.

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: sceac-líne fót-ráp

weg-lísu

(n.)
Grammar
weg-lísu, (?); f.

Want of road

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Want of road Welise ( = wílésu?) devium, Kent. Gl. 432

Linked entries: -lísu weg-leást

ǽ-líce

(adv.)
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ǽ-líce, adv.

Lawfully, legitimately

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Lawfully, legitimately Ǽlíce lybbende, Hml. A. 24, 12. Æwlíce legitime, Angl. xiii. 369, 50