lah
Law
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Law Ǽlc mynetere ðe betihtlad sí bicge him lah mid xii óran [cf. bicge him lage, Th. i. 294, 8] let every minter that is accused buy himself law with xii ores [v. lah-ceáp], L. Eth. iii. 8; Th. i. 296, 16
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lec
sweet
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sweet Lec dulcia, Hpt. Gl. 411, 47
léf
Hurt ⬩ damage ⬩ injury
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Hurt, damage, injury Ðeore feórþan niht gif wind byþ léf byþ litel if there is wind on the fourth night, the damage will be little, Lchdm. iii. 164, 17
lid
A vessel ⬩ ship
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A vessel, ship On lides [the ark] bósme, Cd. 67; Th. 80, 21; Gen. 1332: 71; Th. 85, 6; Gen. 1410: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 27; Aðelst. 27. Tó lides stefne, Erl. 112, 34;. Aðelst. 34: Andr. Kmbl. 806; An. 403: 3411; An. 1709. Seó [the dove] eft ne com tó lide
LÍM
LIME ⬩ cement ⬩ mortar ⬩ glue ⬩ gluten ⬩ paste
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LIME, material which causes adhesion, cement, mortar, glue, gluten, bird lime, thick substance made of curds, paste Ánes cynnes lím bitumen, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 43; Wrt, Voc, 37, 31. Lím tó fugele gluten; eglím glara, Ælfc. Gl. 80, 81; Som. 72, 118
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
lor
Loss ⬩ destruction
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Loss, destruction Ðæt tó lore weorþe án ðíne lioma ut pereat unum membrorum tuorum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 29: 9, 17: l0, 6. Ðæt nǽniges mannes feorh tó lore wearð for ðam ofslægenan cyninges bréðer ut nullius anima hominis pro interfecto reges fratre daretur
los
Loss ⬩ destruction
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Loss, destruction Ða þing tó lose wurdon ðe on ðam scipe wǽron perditis his quæ in navi erant rebus, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 20. Ðonne gé tó lose [Cott. MSS. lore] weorþaþ in interitu vestro, Past. 36, 1; Swt. 249, 1. Weg ðiú lǽdas tó lose via quæ ducit ad
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lyge
sicalia
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a plant name, sicalia, Wrt. Voc. 68, 72
lynd
Grease ⬩ fat ⬩ fatness
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Grease, fat, fatness Lind arvina, Wrt. Voc. 65, 14. Lynde [a]rvina, 284, 6. Hé hí fédde mid fætre lynde hwǽte cibavit eos ex adipe frumenti, Ps. Th. 80, 15: 147, 3
lysu
Depraved ⬩ corrupt ⬩ evil ⬩ dishonourable ⬩ shameful ⬩ profligate
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Depraved, corrupt, evil, dishonourable, shameful, profligate Lyswe lársmeoþas corrupt counsellors, Andr. Kmbl. 2441; An. 1222
láf
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Add: what is left, a remainder Éce láf (v. éce ; I.), Exod. 370. Láfa, belíuendras superstites, i. uiui, An. Ox. 3313. ¶ in the phrase tó láfe as remainder, remaining, left Þrý dagas nú tó láfe syndan, Bl. H. 231, 14. Hwæt is heora nú tó láfe bútan
lád
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Add Lád excussatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 25. Heora ǽlc óþerne myngige þæt þá slápulan náne láde næbben ( propter somnolentorum excusationes ), R. Ben. 47, 17. Add Gif hwá þeóf fridige, sý hé emscyldig wið mé þá þe þeóf scolde, búton hé hine mid fulre
líc
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Like Án bǽra feówer nýtena wæs gesewen swilce mannes ansýn, ꝥ óðer wæs líc (gelíc, v. l. ) ánre león híwe, Hml. S. 15, 182
-líc
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In the suffix the vowel seems early to have been shortened, though the long i was at any rate occasionally preserved, e. g. Swá swá him þincæ þæt mǽ for Godæ þearflucustþ sí, Cht. Th. 554, 36
-líf
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lár
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Add: the act of teaching or instructing Monige fleóð ðá nyttwyrðan hiérsumnesse ðǽre láre ( praedicationis ), Past. 45, 18 : Gr. D. 35, 4. Láre pedagogio An. Ox. 1099. On ríme wæs þreó þúsend þǽra leóda álesen tó láre ( to instruct Elene about the cross