líg-fǽmende
flammivomus
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vomiting flame; flammivomus [the words are those used by the several MSS. in] Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 12
Linked entry: fǽman
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.
LÍF
LIFE
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LIFE [the opposite of death], mode of life, period during which a man lives Hwæt is ðæt líf elles ðysses middangeardes búton lytelu ylding deáþes, Blickl. Homl. 59, 27. Twá líf sind sóðlíce ... ðæt in líf is deádlíc, ðæt óðer undeádlíc, Homl.
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.
lid
A vessel ⬩ ship
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Seó [the dove] eft ne com tó lide [the ark ] fleógan, Cd. 72; Th. 89, 11; Gen. 1479. Lǽt nú geferian flotan úserne, lid tó lande, Andr. Kmbl. 795; An. 398
LIM
A limb ⬩ joint
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On ǽlcre lime, L. M. 2, 64; Lchdm. ii. 288, 22. Wið foredum lime for a broken limb, 1, 25; Lchdm. ii. 66, 22, 26. Ne biþ nán tó ðæs lytel liþ on lime áweaxen, Soul Kmbl. 192; Seel. 96.
Linked entry: leomu
líg
Flame ⬩ lightning
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Biscopas mid folcum mid íserne and líge fornumene wǽron presules cum populis ferro et flammis absumebantur, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 2. Fýres líge wæs fornumen, 4, 25; S. 599, 20. On fíres líge in flamma ignis, Ex. 3, 2. On brádum ligge, Wulfst. 188, 3.
Linked entry: lég
eges líce
Fearfully ⬩ terrĭbĭlĭter
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Fearfully; terrĭbĭlĭter Hí náht ne belimpaþ to ðam þunere ðe on ðyssere lyfte oft eges*-*líce brastlaþ they do not appertain to the thunder which in this atmosphere often crackles fearfully, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 26; Lchdm. iii. 280
lim
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Ex. 26 : B. 97 (in Dict.). a member of a sentence Tódál comma, lim cola. An. Ox. 18 b, 10. Lim cola, limes dǽl commata, 26, l, 2. Mid lime (lima, MS. ) ł tódala colopho, 131. Lime colo, 7, 196.Þur[h] lim, 2850.
lín
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Liin manitergium, Txts. 76, 634. Lín, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 42. Hí befealdan hí mid líne uoluant crucem sindone, Angl. xiii. 421, 808. Hé onféng líne (linteum) and hine mid begyrde, Hml. A. 155, 92, 103. [v. N. E. D. line.] Add: —
líf
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Tó rihtum lífe, Ll. Th. i. 36, 18. Libban clǽnan lífe, 272, 16. Mid þweorum life, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 642, 7. Orsorg líf lǽdan, Met. 7, 40.
-líce
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Add: v. on—líce, swá-líce
líg
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Rdr. 134, 7. figurative Ðá lác þe se liég ðǽre lufe forbiérnð on ðǽm altere gódra weorca, Past. 222, 22. Ðætte se spearca ðára gódra weorca birne heálice ligge on dǽre incundan lufan, 86, 7. v. ád-, deáþ-, teón-líg (-lég)
lác
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Add: v. lác-lic Se mǽgðhád sceal God beón geoffrod be his ágenum cyre, ꝥ seó lác beo leófre þám Hǽlende, Hml. A. 33, 234. Nolde Drihten ásendan þone ðe hé sylf gehǽlde tó þám sácerde mid ǽnigre láce, Hml. Th. i. 124, 19.
lím
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Dele last passage, and ' cola, 20, 24:' in l. 6, and add: — Liim cementum lapidum, Txts. 49, 449
lóc
look ⬩ see ⬩ however
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Lóca, hwá út gange, licge hé ofslagen, Jos. 2, 19. Lóca, hwá ðære mihte áge, hé mót gehæftne man álýsan [whoever has the power], Wulfst. 294, 32. Lóca hwylc cristen man sý ungesibsum, 295, 4. Hlystan lóca hwæt ða láreówas tǽcan, 294, 26.
Linked entry: LÓCIAN
loc
A lock ⬩ bolt ⬩ bar ⬩ enclosure ⬩ fold ⬩ A close ⬩ conclusion ⬩ settlement
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Lind. 10, 1 : p. 6, 2. Ic scitte sum loc oððe hæpsige sero, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 21. Uton belúcan ðás circan and ðæt loc inseglian, Homl. Skt. 3, 329. Sceápa locu caule, Ælfc. Gl. 2; Som. 55, 21; Wrt. Voc. 16, 6.
Linked entry: loca
lác
- [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
battle ⬩ struggle ⬩ an offering ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ oblation ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ service ⬩ a present ⬩ offering of words ⬩ a message ⬩ medicine
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The idea which lies at the root of the various meanings of this and of the next word seems to be that of motion.