leód-mægen
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The might of a people, its fighting men Ðæt leódmægen, gúþrófe hæleþ, eorlas æscrófe, Elen. Kmbl. 544; El. 272. Lofige hine eall his leódmægen laudate eum omnes virtutes ejus, Ps. Th. 148, 2. Leódmægnes worn a host of warriors, Cd. 151; Th. 190, 7; Exod
leód-werod
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The host formed by a people Wolcen lǽdde leódwerod [the Israelites], Cd. 146; Th. 182, 17; Exod. 77
leóf-spell
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A pleasant message Leófspell manig, Elen. Kmbl. 2032; El. 1017
leóht-fæt
A lamp ⬩ light ⬩ lantern
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A lamp, light, lantern Leóhtfæt lucernarium, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 55; Wrt. Voc. 26, 54. Ðínes líchaman leóhtfæt is ðín eáge lucerna corporis est oculus, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 22. Leóhtfatu lampades, 25, 1. Judas com mid leóhtfatum Judas venit cum lanternis,
leóht-ísern
A candlestick
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A candlestick Léhtísern candelabrum, Mt. Kmnl. Lind. 5, 15: Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 21: Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 16
león-fót
alchemilla vulgaris
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Lion's foot [plant name]; alchemilla vulgaris Leónfót leontopodium, Wrt. Voc. 67, 50: Herb. 8, 1; Lchdm. i. 98, 12. Liónfót leontopedium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 48
leoþu-sár
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A pain ofthe limbs or joints Leoþusár vel geþind condolomata articula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 67
Linked entry: leoþu-geþynd
LEÐER
Hide ⬩ skin ⬩ leather
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Hide, skin, leather
líc-fæt
The body
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The body, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 20; Gú.1063
líc-hord
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The inner parts of the body, Exon. 46 b; Th. 159, 19 Gú. 929: 47 b; Th. 163, 31; Gú. 1002
líc-hrægel
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Winding-sheet Hí dydon sce Cúþberhtes liic of eorþan ... ðá bǽron hí ðæs líchrægles dǽl tó Eádberhte ðæm biscope, Shrn. 82, 16
líc-leóþ
dirge ⬩ epicedion
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A funeral song, dirge; epicedion, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 2
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
Lid-wiccas
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The word seems to contain the British name for Armorica, Llydaw. v. notes to the passages from the Cod. Exon. and from the Chron. 918
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
líget
Lightning
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Lightning, a flash of lightning Lígit fulgor vel fulmen, Wrt. Voc. 52, 46. Hys ansýn wæs swylce lígyt, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 3: 24, 27. Ðǽr begann tó brastligenne micel þunor and líget sceótan, Homl. Th. ii. 196, 23. Swá háttra sumor swá mára þunor and líget
Linked entry: légetu
líg-fýr
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Flaming fire, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 18; Exod. 77
lim-gelecg
form ⬩ shape
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The disposition or arrangement of the limbs, form, shape Limgelecg liniamento, Wrt. Voc, ii, 52, 31
Linked entry: ge-lecg
lín
Flax ⬩ linen
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Flax, linen, something made of linen Flæx ł lín linum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 20. Lín manitergium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 44. Besweópun hine mið líne ligaverunt eum linteis, Jn. Skt. Rush. 19, 40. Mið ðý onféng ðæt lín cum accepisset linteum, 13, 4. Bohte lín
Lindisfaran
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Name of people settled in part of Northumbria (the word occurs generally with eá or eá-land) Óswald Aidanum on Lindesfarona eálonde biscopsetl forgeaf (in insula Lindisfarnensi): on Lindesfearona eá, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 20, 35.