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wiþer-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþer-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte

to deprive

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to deprive Wyþerlécaþ privabit, Ps. Spl. T. 83, 13

ende-láf

(n.)
Grammar
ende-láf, e; f. [ende on end; láf a remainder, remnant]

The last remnant extrēmum relĭquum

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The last remnant; extrēmum relĭquum Ðú eart endeláf usses cynnes thou art the last remnant of our race, Beo. Th. 5618; B. 2813

munuc

(n.)
Grammar
munuc, munec, es; m. [Lat. monachus]

A monk

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A monk Munuc monachus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 19. Ic Ælfríc munuc and mæssepreóst. Homl. Th. i. 2, 12 : Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 41. Be ðám ðe munecum heora feoh bútan leáfe befǽstaþ. Gif mon óðres monnes munuce feoh óðfæste, bútan ðæs munuces hláfordes léfnesse

Linked entry: munec

circan lád

Similar entry: lád

for-lét

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-lét, p. of for-lǽtan.

left

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left, Cd. 70; Th. 84, 29; Gen. 1405;

mistel-lám

(n.)
Grammar
mistel-lám, es; n.

Bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe

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Bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe Mistellám viscus, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 65

Linked entry: lám

æt-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen

To lie still or idleinutilem jacere

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To lie still or idle; inutilem jacere Ðæt Godes feoh ne ætlicge ne Dei pecunia jaceat, Ælfc. Gr. pref ; Som. 1, 27

cwéne

Grammar
cwéne, l. cwene, for last reference substitute Wlfst. 161, 20,
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and add: a quean, woman (with unfavourable sense) Hiene án cwene sceát þurh þæt þeóh, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 3. Nis preóstes cwene ǽnig óðer bútan deófles grin, Ll. Th. ii. 336, 25. Wylt ðú hit eal ðǽre cwenon syllan?, Lch. iii. 428, 2. Sume mæssepreóstas

mæsse-lác

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-lác, es; n.

The mass-offeringthe host

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The mass-offering, the host Mæsselác fertum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 41: 147, 76. Messelác, Ælfc. Gl. 34; Som. 62, 61; Wrt. Voc. 28, 41. [v. Ducange: 'fertum genus panis, in Glossis MSS. Isidoro et Papiæ dicitur oblatio, quæ ad altare fertur et sacrificatur

mere-lád

(n.)
Grammar
mere-lád, e; f.

A sea-waythe road which the sea furnishes

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A sea-way, the road which the sea furnishes, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 9; Bo. 27

mete-láf

(n.)
Grammar
mete-láf, e; f.

A remnant of food

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A remnant of food Dǽlon ealle ða meteláfe let them distribute all the remnants of food, L. Æðelst. v. 8, 1; Th. i. 236, 7. On ðíne meteláfa in reliquias ciborum tuorum, Ex. 8, 3. Ða metláfo reliquias, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 20

mis-lár

(n.)
Grammar
mis-lár, e; f.

Bad teaching or doctrine

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Bad teaching or doctrine, Scint. 21: 78

for-líþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-líþan, p. -láþ, pl. -liton, -liþon; pp. -liden, -liþen
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To suffer shipwreck Forliþan naufragaverant, An. Ox. 4490: 4621

Linked entries: for-liden for-lidennes

læfer

(n.)
Grammar
læfer, e; f.

a rush

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Genim læfre neoðowearde take the lower part of a bulrush, Lchdm. i. 382, 21. a thin plate of metal Gylden læfr bractea, Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 111; Wrt. Voc. 38, 34.

Linked entries: leber lifer

betonice

(n.)
Grammar
betonice, an; f : also Lat. betonĭca, æ; f.

The herb BETONYbetonĭca officinālis

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The herb BETONY; betonĭca officinālis. This species is the common wood-betony, the betonĭca officinālis of Linnæus. It is a species of the genus Stachys, but it was formerly a species of the genus Betonica. It is very plentiful in Great Britain, and formerly

Linked entries: betoce bettonice

lár-leást

(n.)
Grammar
lár-leást, -lýst, e; f.
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Wé sceolon bodigan ðám lǽwedum ðý læs ðe hý for lárlýste losian sceoldan we must preach to the laymen, lest for lack of instruction they should perish, L. Ælfc. C. 23; Th. ii. 352, 1: Wulfst. 79, 19

wíte-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-lác, es; n.

Punishment tormentpain

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Punishment, torment, pain Wurdon tó axan eorðan wæstma, efne swá wíde swá ða wítelác (the burning and terror at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ) gerǽhton, Cd. Th. 154, 12 ; Gen. 2554. Weras básnedon wíteloccas (wíteláces, Grn.) weán under weallum

wund-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wund-lác, es; n.

A wound

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A wound; Similar entries see first passage under wundel

word-lác

(n.)
Grammar
word-lác, es; n.

A speechloquela

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A speech; loquela Nǽron wordlácu ne sprǽcu ðara ðe ne wǽron gehérde stefna heora non sunt loquelae- neque sermones quorum non audiantur ttoces eorum, Ps. Lamb. 18, 4

láð-bite

(n.)
Grammar
láð-bite, es; m.

A wound

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A wound Blód ætsprang láðbite líces, Beo. Th. 2248; B. 1122