weall-lím
Mortar
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Mortar Hig hæfdon tygelan for stán and tyrwan for wealliim habuerunt lateres pro saxis et bitumen pro caemento, Gen. 11, 3
Linked entry: lím
wearg-líc
Vile, mean, wretched
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Vile, mean, wretched Sint ðæt werilíce welan ðisses middangeardes, ðonne hí nán mon fullíce habban ne mæg, ne hié nánne mon geweligian ne magon, búton hié óþerne gedón tó wǽdlan O! igitur angustas, inopesque divitias, quae nec habere totas pluribus licet
web-líc
Of weaving
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Of weaving Weblíc gewurc textrinum opus, Hpt. Gl. 431, 4. Ðæt weblíce textrinum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 17
ǽfen-lic
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Éfernlicum tídum vespertinis horis, Rtl. 174, 37. Add: —
æfter-lic
Second
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Second Ðý æfterlicum háde secundi sexus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 72
fyllend-lic
Similar entry: ge-fyllendlic
gaderigend-lic
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Congregativa (adverbia) syndon gadrigendlice (gaderigendlice, v. l.), simul samod, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 229, 4
gǽls-lic
Producing wantonness or excess
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Producing wantonness or excess Gǽlslic þing is wín luxuriosa res est vinum, Nap. 27
Linked entry: gǽls
gǽst-lic
Terrible, ghastly
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Terrible, ghastly Ongitan sceal gleáw hæle hú gǽstlic bið, þonne eall þisse worulde wela wéste stondeð, Wand. 73
wín-líc
Of wine
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Of wine Hé wæter áwende tó wínlícum drence, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 37. Hé gemét ðæt wæter tó wínlícum swæcce áwend (cf. 1. 16), Homl. Th. ii. 58, 31: 64, 29
winter-líc
Of winter ⬩ winter
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Of winter, winter Winterlíc dæg oððe niht hiemalis dies vel nox, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 30: 76, 64. Se winterlíca wind the winter wind, Homl. Skt. i. ii. 144. Se winterlíca cyle, Lchdm. iii. 252, 3. Winterlíces cyles hybernalis algoris, Anglia xiii. 397, 461
wíf-líc
womanly ⬩ of a woman ⬩ female ⬩ feminine ⬩ wifely ⬩ matronly
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womanly, of a woman, female, feminine Wíflíc muliebris, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 17, 17. Wíflíces femineis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 20. Wíflícum lícome of woeres ðú saldest líchome fruma femineo corpore de viri dares carne principium, Rtl. 109, 15. Bútan wíflícre
bróðor-líc
BROTHERLY ⬩ fraternus
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BROTHERLY; fraternus Þurh ða bróðorlícan þingunge per fraternam intercessionem, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 21: Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 57
gafol-lic
Connected with tribute or taxes
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Connected with tribute or taxes Fiscalis reda gebellicu[m] waegnfearu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 63. Fiscalis ræde gafellicum wǽnfare, 35, 56. Gafollic fiscale (tributum ), An. Ox. 6, 20
gást-lic
pertaining to the spirit, ⬩ spiritual ⬩ spiritual ⬩ spiritual ⬩ divine, heavenly, holy, sacred
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pertaining to the spirit, v. gást; III Gást-licre úphefnesse extaseos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 68. On módes heánnesse, on gástlicre gesihðe in extasi 47, 21. Dæg mið glædnise gǽstlicum (spiritali) ué worðia. Rtl. 89, 26. Ealle þás þæs monnes good ge gást-lice
wíg-líc
Warlike ⬩ martial
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Warlike, martial Ðæt wæts wíglíc werod, Cd. Th. 192, 17; Exod. 233. Wíglíc bellica Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 42. Wíglíce tól instrumenta bellica Hpt. Gl. 424, 28. Wíglíce bellicosas 425, 7. Wépna wíglíce arma bellica, Hymn. Hure. 135, 23
wilddeór-líc
Wild beast-like ⬩ brutish ⬩ brutal ⬩ bestial
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Wild beast-like, brutish, brutal, bestial Se wísdóm is eorðlíc and wildeórlíc (-diór-, Hatt. MS.) est isla sapientia ter-rena, animalis Past. 46; Swt. 346. 25. Seó wildeórlíce árleásnes Brettacyninges feralis impietas regis Brittonum Bd. 3, 9; S. 533
wilder-líc
Wildbeast-like ⬩ brutish
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Wildbeast-like, brutish Hié be sumum dǽle wildorlíce (wildiórlíce, Cott. MSS. ) beóð ex qua parte bestiales sunt Past. 17; Swt. 109, 23
ofermód-líc
Proud, arrogant, presumptuous ⬩ sublimis
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Proud, arrogant, presumptuous:— Mid ofermód-lícum gilpe. Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 31. Hé sceal ða ofermódlícan word mid eáðmódlícum wordum gemetgian ut verba praemissae superbiae verbis subjectae humilitatis impugnet, Past. 54, 5; Swt. 423, 36