líc-rest
tomb ⬩ sepulchre
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A place of rest for a dead body, tomb, sepulchre Hé hæfde ðæt land syððan him sylfon tó lícreste he had the land afterwards for his own burial place, Gen. 23, 20. On líchryste in cœmeterio, Hpt. Gl. 507, 67.
líc-sár
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A body-wound, a mortal wound[?], Beo. Th. 1635; B. 815: Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 25; Cri. 1430
Linked entry: sár
líc-sirce
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A coat of mail, Beo. Th. 1105; B. 550
líc-þegnung
funeral ⬩ exeguies
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Last offices done to the dead, funeral, exeguies Ic mæg habban árwurþfulle lícþénunge of heófigendre menigu I may have honourable service done to my corpse by a mourning multitude, Homl. Th. i. 86, 33.
líc-þeóte
A pore
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A pore Lícþeótan pori i. spiramenta unde sudor emanat, Ælfc. Gl. 73; Som. 71, 41; Wrt. Voc. 44, 25
Linked entry: þeóte
líc-wiglung
Necromancy
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Necromancy, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 3
líc-wund
A wound
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A wound, Cd. 154; Th. 193, 1; Exod. 239
lícwyrþ-ness
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Lamb. 88, 18
lid
A vessel ⬩ ship
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Lǽt nú geferian flotan úserne, lid tó lande, Andr. Kmbl. 795; An. 398
lid-mann
A sailor ⬩ seaman
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Lid-manna helm (Beowulf), Beo. Th. 3251; B. 1623. Liðmonna freá [Ulysses ], Bt. Met. Fox 26, 126; Met. 26, 63
Lid-wiccas
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The people of Brittany [or using the name of the people for the country] Brittany Carl féng tó eallum ðam westríce ... bútan Lidwiccium Charles took all the western kingdom ... except Brittany, Chr. 885; Erl. 84, 13. Two other MSS. have Lidwícingum,
líf-dæg
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Sumon dægbóte and sumon má daga and sumon ealle his lífdagas, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 14: Cd. 43; Th. 56, 10; Gen. 910.
lifer-býl
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A prominence on the liver, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 204, 20
lifer-wærc
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Pain in the liver Wið eallum liferwærcum, L. M. Cont. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 162, 5
líf-fadung
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The ordering or regulating of one's life Be gehádodra manna líffadunge of the ordering of the life of men in orders, L. Wilk. 82, 22
Linked entry: fadung
líf-fæc
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The time during which life lasts, life On lǽnan líffæce, L. Eth. vii. 21; Th. i. 334, 4. Æfter heora líffæce, Wulfst. 4, 6: 5, 5
líf-gesceaft
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A condition of life as ordered by fate, Beo. Th. 3910; B. 1953: 6120; B. 3064
LIFIAN
To LIVE
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Ða gástlícan láre, ðe úre sául big leofaþ, 57, 9. On gewinne and on swáte hé leofaþ 59, 36. Se ðe him sylfum leofaþ he who lives to himself, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 4.
líf-líc
living ⬩ vital
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Líflíc ys blód lǽtan to let blood [at this time] is as much as a man's life is worth, Lchdm. iii. 190, 28. Is hwæðere swá tó lǽtanne swá ðæt líflíce mægen ne áspringe blood however is to be let so that vital power be not dissipated, L.
líf-neru
food
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Support of life, food Tó lífnere Andr. Kmbl. 2180; An. 1091