geác
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Iéces (iáces) súræ calciculium Txts. 47, 380. in a place-name Tó Geáces leá, C. D. v. 342, 24. Geákes leá et óðer Geákes leá, iii. 101, 15. Æt Iáces leá, 125, 9. [The tenth riddle is on the cuckoo.]
Lige
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the river Lea
hoc
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Hocc, cottuc vel gearwan leáf malva Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 62. Hoc, 56, 36. Add:
lǽg-hrycg
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D. lea
wiþer-hlinian
To lean against
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To lean against Wiðerhlingende, uuidirhliniendae, uuidirlinienti innitentes, Txts. 71, 1098. Wiþerhlyniende, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 78
Linked entry: hlinian
ymb-lǽdan
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To lead about Hé ymblǽdde hine circumduxit eum (Deut. 32, 10), Cant. M. ad fil. 10
ǽttren
Poisonous ⬩ venenosus
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Kmbl. 37; Leás. 20
lǽ
hair
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'Forty threads of hemp-yarn are termed in Norfolk a lea. The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster, contained 200 threads.' Halliwell gives as a northern word 'lea
hlíp
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D. iii. 5, 7. a precipitous fall in a river (cf. stæþ-hlípe), leap as in salmon leap Of ðǽre ealdan hæcce into présta hlýpe, intó ðám bece . . . tó Freóbearnes hlýpe . . .
Linked entry: hlípe-burna
ge-fealdan
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Add Heofon bið gefealden swá swá bóca leáf beóð caelum plicabitur ut liber, Verc. Först. 107, 1
hwer
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Man sceal habban . . . hwer, leád, cytel, hlædel, pannan, crocca, dixas, Angl. ix. 264, 9. Hét hé feccan ǽnne ǽrene hwer, and hine ealne áfyllan mid weallendum leáde and lecgan Georium innon ðone hwer, Hml. 8. 14, 104-107: 25, 117.
hóre
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Add: — Leás fyrnhicge, hóre prostituta pellax, i. meretrix quae prostat, i. mendax, An. Ox. 2940. Hórena meretricum, 3329
-módness
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án-, eád- (eáþ-), glæd-, heáh-, heard-, leás-, leóht-, meagol-, ofer-, or-, rûm-, swíþ-, þole-, wác-, weá-, wiþer-módness
sin-gréne
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Ever-green Ne fealð þǽr nǽfre leáf of, ac á hé bið singréne, E. S. viii. 477, 15
trog
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., and add Þrý trogas, C.D.B. iii. 367, 39. v. corn-, leác-trog
ful-sméðe
Full smooth ⬩ very smooth ⬩ levissĭmus
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Kmbl. 20; Leás. 12
lyge-wyrhta
A liar
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Kmbl. 19; Leás. 11
persoc
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A peach; malum persicum Genim persoces leáf, Lchdm. iii. 58, 27. Æppla and peran and persucas, ii. 176, 18
un-mǽþlíc
Not in due measure ⬩ immoderate ⬩ excessive
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Not in due measure, immoderate, excessive Of gítsunge beóð ácennede ... leás gewitnyss and unmǽðlíc neádung, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 11
Linked entry: un-mægþlíc
trahtian
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Se awergda gast ongan Godes béc trahtian, and ðá sóna leáh. Blickl. Homl. 29, 29. to discuss Ðá ongunnon hý treahtigean, hwæðer má mǽrlícra dǽda gefremed hæfde, ðe Philippus, ðe Alexander, Ors. 3, 9 ; Bos. 67, 3
Linked entry: treahtigean