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wil-líc

(adj.)
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wil-líc, adj.
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From a fountain or well; Willícan fontona (fontana flumina, Ald. 161), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 10. Wyllícan, 37, 30: 149, 79

wilsum-líc

(adj.)
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wilsum-líc, adj.
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desirable, pleasant Wilsumlíc desiderabilis Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 18. Mon willsumlícre yldo and fægernesse juvenis amantissimae aetatis et venustatis Bd. 5, 19 ; S. 636, 32. Hé monig ðing ge egeslíce ge willsumlíce (desideranda) geseah, 5, 12; S. 627, 29

wólberend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wólberend-líc, adj.

Pestilential

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Pestilential Gewearð swíðe wólberendlíc geár on ðissum lande, Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 219, 29

wó-líc

(adj.)

Similar entry: wóh-líc

wítnigend-líc

(adj.)
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wítnigend-líc, adj.

that punishestormentsthat deserves to be punished

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that punishes or torments Seó ðwyre sáwul gǽð tó ðam wítnigendlícum fýre, Homl. Th. i. 408, 23. Wítniendlícum fýre, ii. 344, 12, 17: 590, 13. that deserves to be punished Ne gemétst ðú on mé áht wítniendlíces, Homl. Th. ii. 518, 4. Similar entries Cf

wrixend-líc

(adj.)
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wrixend-líc, adj.

Mutual

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Mutual, Greg. Dial. 2, 7

wyn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wyn-líc, adj.

Delightfulpleasingagreeablecharming

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Delightful, pleasing, agreeable, charming Hæfde hé hine swá hwítne geworhtne, swá wynlíc wæs his wæstm, Cd. Th. 17, 5; Gen. 255. Onstæl wynlíc, fæger and gefeálíc, Exon. Th. 151, 17; Gú. 796. Sunbearo, wuduholt wynlíc, 200, 1; Ph. 34: 423, 22; Rä. 41

wudu-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wudu-líc, adj.

of a woodwild

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of a wood Wudulíc siluester, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18 ; Zup. 44, 16. Wudelícra treówa arborum silvestrium, Hpt. Gl. 419, 42. wild Wudulíce oððe wilde agrestes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 60

wuldor-líc

(adj.)
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wuldor-líc, adj.

gloriousorthodoxus

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glorious Wuldurlíc gloriosus, Rtl. 181, 27. Wuldorlíc, Exon. Th. 62, 33; Cri. 1011. Hú wuldorlíc (admirabile) ðín nama ys, Ps. Th. 8, 9 : Ps. Spl. 8, 1. Hé wítgode be ðære wuldorlícan ácennednesse Cristes, Ps. Th. 8, arg. Be his ðære wuldorlícan ǽriste

wrást-líc

(adj.)

Similar entry: wrǽst-líc

wráþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wráþ-líc, adj.

Crueldirebitter

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Cruel, dire, bitter

wunigend-líc

(adj.)

Similar entry: un-wuniendlíc

yfel-líc

(adj.)
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yfel-líc, adj.
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Bad, foul, rotten. v. yfel, II. Ðysse worulde wela is gebrosnadlíc and yfellíc and forwordenlíc, Wulfst. 263, 13. Twégen león ádulfan his byrgenne on ðæs wéstenes sande; ðǽr resteþ Paules líchoma mid yfelíce duste bewrigen, ac on dómes dæge hé áríseþ

ǽ-lic

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ǽ-lic, (ǽw-).
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Add: of law, concerned with law, belonging to law Hé ( John ) wæs ǽgðer ge ǽlic ge godspellic, Hml. S. 16, 101. Ǽlice legalia (volumina ), An. Ox. 4949. Tó ðám fíf ǽlicum bócum, Hml. Th. i. 188, 20: 98, 33: Hml. A. 24, 14. in accordance with law, fixed

Linked entry: ǽw-lic

ælmes-lic

(adj.)
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ælmes-lic, adj.
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of the nature of alms, eleemosynary, charitable Hié hígon gefeormien and hígon ús mid heora godcundum gódum swǽ gemynen swǽ ús árlic and him ælmeslic siǽ, Cht. Th. 476, 34. Swé hit him rehtlicast and elmestlicast wére, 465, 24. depending upon alms, poor

Linked entry: elmestlic

ǽn-lic

(adj.)
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Add: only, single Aenli simplex, Txts. 115, 156. Ðú ðe ǽnlic eart Godes bearn, Hml. S. 23, 806. Ǽnlican míne unicam meam, Ps. Spl. 34, 20. alone, solitary Ǽnlic ( unicus ) and ðearfa ic eom, Ps. Spl. 24, 17. excellent, peerless, &c. Hú beorht

Linked entry: án-lic

ǽwisc-lic

(adj.)
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ǽwisc-lic, adj.
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Shameful, infamous Tó ǽwisclicum ad infame , An. Ox. 4308. Ǽwyslicre, 7, 302

ágen-lic

(adj.)
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ágen-lic, adj.
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own; proprius Ágenlices dédes propriae octionis , Rtl. 49, 32. Æfter ágenlic mægn secundum propriam virtutem , Mt: L. 25, 15. Ðá áganlico propria , p. 15, 5. owed, due; debitus. v. ágan, Ágenlic(e) hérnise debitam servitutem , Rtl. 106, 13

ancor-lic

(adj.)
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ancor-lic, adj.
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Of a hermit Ancorlic setl onochareis (l. anachoresis ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 19

atol-lic

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Seó sunne scíman ne hæfde and wæs atollic (eatolíce,v.l.) on tó beseónne, Bd. 3, 27;Sch. 316, II. Deófol is atelic sceocca, Hml. Th. i. 16, 21. Þeáh ðe hé (the leper)atelic ware, 122, 6. Án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, ii. 508, l. Seó sáwel bið atelic