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sigor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sigor-líc, adj.

Triumphal

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Triumphal Ðæt sigorlíce leóþ carmen triumphale, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 48: Hpt. 438, 16. Mid sigerlícum sige triumphali tropheo (victoria), 473, 40

Linked entry: sige-líc

þearlwís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þearlwís-líc, adj.

Severe, ⬩ hard

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Severe, hard Drihten hyne þreáde myd þearlwýslícere swingle the Lord punished him with a severe flogging, Shrn. 98, 15

þearf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þearf-líc, adj.

necessary ⬩ useful, ⬩ profitable

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necessary Lá hú þearflíc hit is quanto magis, Hpt. Gl. 454, 6. Néd ł ðarflíc is necesse esse, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 7. Ðarflíc ł néd is necessarium est, p. 13, 1. useful, profitable, Similar entries v. þearf, V Behóflíc ł ðarflíc utile, Mt. Kmbl. p. 13

Linked entry: þearf

þearfend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þearfend-líc, adj.

indigent, ⬩ destitute ⬩ scanty, ⬩ insufficient

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Poor, of persons,indigent, destitute Monnes bearn (Guthlac in his hermitage) swá þearfendlíc, Exon. Th. 128, 11; Gú. 402. of things, scanty, insufficient Ðæt ðú ne forgite míne þearfendlícan gegirlan (cf. se fiscere tóslát his wǽfels on twá and sealde

þegen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þegen-líc, adj.

Manly, ⬩ brave, ⬩ manful.

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Manly, brave, manful. Andreas is gereht ðegenlíc, Homl. Th. i. 586, 11. Máran lufe nimþ se heretoga on gefeohte tó ðam cempan, ðe æfter fleáme his wiðerwinnan ðegenlíce oferwinþ, ðonne. tó ðam ðe mid fleáme ne ætwand, ne ðeáh on nánum gecampe náht ðegenlíces

Linked entries: þegen þegenlíce

þeódend-líc

(adj.)

Similar entry: under-þeódendlíc

þeód-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeód-líc, adj.

Of a people

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Of a people Ðeódlíc nama gentile nomen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 45; Zup. 65, 6

þeóster-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóster-líc, adj.

Dark

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Dark Ðæs muntes cnoll mid þeósterlícum genipum oferhangen wæs, Homl. Th. i. 504, 30

wíf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wíf-líc, adj.

womanly ⬩ of a woman ⬩ female ⬩ feminine ⬩ wifely ⬩ matronly

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womanly, of a woman, female, feminine Wíflíc muliebris, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 17, 17. Wíflíces femineis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 20. Wíflícum lícome of woeres ðú saldest líchome fruma femineo corpore de viri dares carne principium, Rtl. 109, 15. Bútan wíflícre

wíg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wíg-líc, adj.

Warlike ⬩ martial

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Warlike, martial Ðæt wæts wíglíc werod, Cd. Th. 192, 17; Exod. 233. Wíglíc bellica Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 42. Wíglíce tól instrumenta bellica Hpt. Gl. 424, 28. Wíglíce bellicosas 425, 7. Wépna wíglíce arma bellica, Hymn. Hure. 135, 23

wilder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilder-líc, (?); adj.

Wildbeast-like ⬩ brutish

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Wildbeast-like, brutish Hié be sumum dǽle wildorlíce (wildiórlíce, Cott. MSS. ) beóð ex qua parte bestiales sunt Past. 17; Swt. 109, 23

wín-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wín-líc, adj.

Of wine

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Of wine Hé wæter áwende tó wínlícum drence, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 37. Hé gemét ðæt wæter tó wínlícum swæcce áwend (cf. 1. 16), Homl. Th. ii. 58, 31: 64, 29

winter-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
winter-líc, adj.

Of winter ⬩ winter

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Of winter, winter Winterlíc dæg oððe niht hiemalis dies vel nox, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 30: 76, 64. Se winterlíca wind the winter wind, Homl. Skt. i. ii. 144. Se winterlíca cyle, Lchdm. iii. 252, 3. Winterlíces cyles hybernalis algoris, Anglia xiii. 397, 461

býgend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
býgend-líc, adj.

Flexible, pliable ⬩ flexilis, flexibilis

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Flexible, pliable; flexilis, flexibilis Býgendlíc on ðám geþeódnessum his liða flexibilibus artuum compagibus, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 37

Linked entry: bígend-lic

canonec-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
canonec-líc, adj.

Canonical ⬩ canonicus

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Canonical; canonicus Æfter canoneclícan ge-wunan according to canonical custom, Canon. Hrs. 359, 8

cáser-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cáser-líc, adj.

Cæsar-like, imperial ⬩ imperialis

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Cæsar-like, imperial; imperialis, Cot. 115

wyrm-líc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wyrm-líc, es; n.

The body of a serpent or of a worm,

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The body of a serpent or of a worm, of carving on a wall. Cf. wyrm-fáh Weal wundrum heáh, wyrmlícum fáh, Exon. Th. 292, 13; Wand. 98. fig. cf. wyrm, II a Ic eom oferfongen mid synnum tó wyrmlíce, Anglia xii. 501, 22

rǽd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽd-líc, adj.

Advisable

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Advisable Him ðá rǽdlecre geþúhte ðæt hé wið óðerne here friþ genáme ðæt hé ðone óðerne ðé iéð ofercuman mehtc proviso ad tempus consilio, unum denuntiato bello adpetit, alterum pacta pace suspendit, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 96, 15 : 4, 13; Swt. 212, 16. Tó smeágenne

bær-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
bær-lic, adj.

Open ⬩ public

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Open, public Bærlic publicam, Lk. p. 3, 8

wén-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wén-líc, adj.

fair ⬩ handsome ⬩ comely ⬩ conveniens

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fair, handsome, comely Stranglíc on wæstme and wénlíc on nebbe Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41. Heó wæs swíðe wlitig and wénlíces híwes erat eleganti aspectu nimis Homl. Ass. 108, 205. the word glosses conveniens in the following passages Ne wæs woenlíc (þæslíc

Linked entry: wénþ