leóþ-cræft
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Án þǽra wæs Sibylla þe áwrát on leóðcræftes wíson be Crístes ácennednesse, Hml. Th. ii. 18, 16. Add
leóþ-wrenc
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A trick in a poem, a doubtful or spurious passage (?) Dyple obolisrnene . . . byð oft on Uirgilius bácum and on his leóðwrencum gesette, Angl. viii. 334, 19
Linked entry: wrenc
leng-togran
Similar entry: lang-toh
leód-bisceop
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Cnut cyning grét his arceb and his leód-biscopas, Cht. E. 229, 18. Add
leód-hata
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Gr. D. 163, 32. Add
leód-sceaþa
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Add: cf. þeód-sceaþa
leód-scipe
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Þæt folc of gehwilcum leódscipe þá stówe geneósiað, Hml. Th. i. 510, 12. For ðone cincg and ealne his leódscipe, C. D. iii. 315, 16. Cf. leód-rǽden. Add
leód-stefn
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Add: cf. þeód-stefn
leóf-líc
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Leóflicere laudabili . i. honorabili (fervore), An. Ox. 3919. Add
leóht-berende
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Steorra leóhtberende lucifer, Ps. Lamb. 109, 3. Add
leóht-brǽdness
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Substitute: Wantonness, levity, frivolity Þonne ys se óeth;er heáfodleahter gecweden gífernes . . . of þǽre bið acenned ungesceád bliss and sceandlicnes and leóhtbrǽdnes and ídelsprǽc (inepta laetilia, scurrilitas, levitas, vaniloquium), Verc. Först.
leóht-fæt
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Léhtfaet lanterna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 49. Leóhtfæt lampas, i. 284, 33: lampas vel lucerna vel lanterna, 81, 30. Leóhtfætes lanternę, ii. 52, 2. Man sceal habban . . . leóhtfæt, blácern, Angl. ix. 264, 21. Add
leóht-fǽtels
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A lamp, lantern Leóhtfǽtels ł leóhtfæt lucernam, Ps. L. 17, 29
Linked entry: fætels
leóht-lic
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Add: of sin, venial Ðurh ðám streáwe and ðám ceafe sind getácnode leóhtlice synna, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 14. Hú deóp seó bóc ys on gástlicum andgite, þeáh þe heó mid leóhtlicum wordum áwriten sig, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 22
lemp-healt
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Substitute: Limp-halt (v. N. E. D. s. v.), halting Laempihalt, lemphihalt, lemp-halt, lemphald lurdus (cf. lordicare dorso incurvato incedere, Migne), Txts. 74, 589. Lemphealt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 3: 51, 20
Linked entry: healt
líf-leást
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Gif þás lác ne beóð bebrocene þurh Bel, beo hit úre lífleást (let us die), Shrn. 4, 5. Wé synd ealle beléwde tó úre lif-leáste traditi sumuss Add: —
líge-leóht
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Bright with flame; the neuter used substantively, as abstract noun Þis fýr is án lég, and hwæðre se an leg þreó þing on him hafað . . . Hé is hwít . . . þonne is þæt þridde þæt líhteð eall geond eorðærn . . . and þonne is hit hwæðre án lég, and ne mæg
mód-leást
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Add: despondency Se syxta unþeáw is ꝥ sé þe tó hláforde bið geset, ꝥ hé for módleáste ne mæge his mannum dón steóre, ac bið hin swá mihtleás on his módes strece, ꝥ hé his underþeóddan egesian ne dearr, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 5. Lǽcas cýddan þám fæder þæs
scop-leóþ
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Mé wæs swilce swíðlic lust þǽra sceandlicra sceopleóða mé gedréfde (-on, MS.), þonne hí mé on móde gebróhton þá deóflican leóþ tó singanne þe ic ǽr on worulde geleornode, Hml. S. 23 b, 539. Add
blácern-leoht
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lamplight Þæs blácernes leóht næs gesýne ... hé geseh eft ꝥ blácernleóht, Vis. Lfc. 54-59