wil-líc
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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
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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
Pestilential
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Pestilential Gewearð swíðe wólberendlíc geár on ðissum lande, Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 219, 29
wítnigend-líc
that punishes ⬩ torments ⬩ that 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
Mutual
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Mutual, Greg. Dial. 2, 7
wyn-líc
Delightful ⬩ pleasing ⬩ agreeable ⬩ charming
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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
of a wood ⬩ wild
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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
glorious ⬩ orthodoxus
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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
wráþ-líc
Cruel ⬩ dire ⬩ bitter
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Cruel, dire, bitter
wunigend-líc
Similar entry: un-wuniendlíc
yfel-líc
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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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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
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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
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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
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Shameful, infamous Tó ǽwisclicum ad infame , An. Ox. 4308. Ǽwyslicre, 7, 302
ágen-lic
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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
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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