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LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIE ⬩ fail ⬩ to lie ⬩ go ⬩ run

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Godwine eorl and ealle ða yldestan menn on West Seaxon lágon ongeán swá hí lengost mihton earl Godwin and all the chief men in Wessex opposed as long as ever they could, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 2. xiiii æceras and ða mǽde ðe ðǽr tó líþ xiiii fields and the

Linked entry: for-lǽge

ge-lác

(n.)
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Andrew, 'hyrdas ... ealle swylt fornam, druron dómleáse: deáðrǽs forféng hæleð heorodreórig,' 995-8; 'heorodreórige hyrdas lágan,' 1086; the phraseology is that of war

út-lah

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lah, adj.

Outlawed ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ calling for outlawry

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Sý hé útlah (-laga, MS. B.) wið God and wið men, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 398. 25. Beó se þeóf útlah wið eall folc, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 9: L. C.

Linked entries: -lah út-laga

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce

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TO LEAD, conduct, take, carry, bring, bring forth, produce [the word translates the Latin verbs ducere, ferre with many of their compounds] Ic naman Drihtnes herige and hine mid lofsange lǽde swylce laudabo nomen Dei mei cum cantico, et magnificabo eum

Linked entry: be-lǽdan

ag-lác-hád

(n.)
Grammar
ag-lác-hád, es; m. [ag nequitia; lác ludus, donum; hád conditio, status]

Misery-hood ⬩ a state of misery ⬩ afflictionis conditio

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Misery-hood, a state of misery; afflictionis conditio.Exon. 113 b; Th. 435, 24; Rä. 54, 5

leác

(n.)
Grammar
leác, lǽc, léc, es; n.

a leek

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Generally, a garden herb [as in leác-tún, c.], an alliaceous plant [v. compounds],a leek Ðis léc hoc cepe: ðis leác hoc porrum, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 32, 35. Leác ambila, Wrt. Voc. 284, 24: Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 49. Láec, Ep. Gl. 2 d, 8. Leáces heáfod cartilago

Linked entry: léc

leax

(n.)
Grammar
leax, læx, lex, es; m.

A salmon ⬩ lax

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A salmon, lax [Scott.] Lex salmo vel esocius, Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 65; Wrt. Voc. 55, 70. Leax ysox, 65, 66: esox, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 48. Laex isic, 112, 8. Leax sceal on wǽle mid sceóte scríðan swiftly shall the salmon in the stream's eddy move, Menol

Linked entry: læx

wer-lád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-lád, e; f. A 'lád' (q. v.) in which the number of those who supported the accused by their oaths is determined by the 'wer' of the accused. [See passages under wer, <b>IV,</b> wer-gild, <b>III,</b> and L. H. I. 64, 4; Th. i. 566, 18: Si quis de homicidio accusetur, et idem se purgare velit, secundum natale suum perneget, quod est werelada.]
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Búton hé geládige hine mid werláde, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 400, 1. ¶ the equivalent Latin forms werelada negare or pernegare occur several times in L. H. I.; see 12, 3; Th. i. 523, 7: 66, 1; Th. i. 569, 4: 74, 1; Th. i. 578, 22: 92, 14; Th. i. 604, 14. Other

Linked entry: lád

ymb-lǽr(i)gian

(v.)
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to surround, encompass Sýn emblǽrg[ede] ambiuntur (cf. ymb-hammen, which is a gloss to tie same passage ), Anglia xv. 207, 289. (?)

lafian

(v.)
Grammar
lafian, p. ode

To lave ⬩ bathe ⬩ pour water on

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To lave, bathe, pour water on Nim ðone wǽtan and wyrm and lafa ðín heáfod mid take the liquor and warm it and lave thy head with it, Lchdm. iii. 48, 7. Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wyllewætre gecnuwa ða wyrta swíðe wel lege on ðæt wæter

Án-láf

(n.)
Grammar
Án-láf, es; m.

Olaf, king of Dublin, defeated at Brunanburh

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Olaf, king of Dublin, defeated at Brunanburh, Chr. 937; Th. 201, 29, col. 3: 202, 37; Æðelst. 26

be-láf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-láf, p. of belífan.

remained

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remainedJos. 5, 1

berne-lác

(n.)
Grammar
berne-lác, es; n.

A burnt offering ⬩ holocaustum

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A burnt offering; holocaustum Ic ðé bernelác brengan móste I must bring thee a burnt offering, Ps. C. 50, 123; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 123

Linked entry: bærne-lác

folc-lár

(n.)
Grammar
folc-lár, e; f.

Popular instruction ⬩ a sermon ⬩ pŏpŭlāris institūtio vel instructio ⬩ hŏmīlia ⬩ sermo

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Popular instruction, a sermon; pŏpŭlāris institūtio vel instructio, hŏmīlia, sermo, Cot. 143, Som. Ben. Lye

in-lád

(n.)
Grammar
in-lád, e ;

A way in ⬩ bringing in ⬩ introduction ⬩ entrance-fee

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f. A way in, bringing in, introduction, entrance-fee [? v. ingang] Æhtu óra seulfres tó inláde eight oras of silver as entrance-fee, Jn. Skt. p. 188, 9. Mid inláde and útláde cum inductione et eductione, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 209, 5

lác-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
lác-gifa, an; m.
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One who gives gifts Drihten is lácgeofa manna bearnum dominus dedit dona hominibus, Ps. Th. 67, 18

lád-mann

(n.)
Grammar
lád-mann, es; m.

A leader ⬩ guide

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A leader, guide Ðú canst wegas geond ðæt wésten beó úre ládmann thou knowest the ways through the desert; be our guide; eris ductor poster, Num. 10, 31. Abram férde of Egipta lande and Farao him funde ládmen præcepit Pharao super Abram viris et deduxerunt

lád-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
lád-rinc, es; m.
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A word of uncertain meaning occurring in the following passage Gif cyninges ambihtsmiþ oððe laadrinc mannan ofslehþ meduman leódgelde forgelde if the king's smith or 'ládrinc' kill a man, let him pay for it with a half fine [cf. § 21; Th. i. 8, 3), L

lád-teów

(n.)
Grammar
lád-teów, es; m.

A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general

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A leader, guide, conductor, a leader in war, general Ǽnne of þám þrím englum ða ðe him on ǽghwæðere gesihþe ládteów wæs unum de tribus angelis, qui sibi in tota utraque visione ductores adfuerunt, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 31. Ðæt hé his ládteów beón sceolde

lah-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lah-líc, adj.

Lawful

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Lawful, Scint. 9, Lye