wác-líc
Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.
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Poor, mean, of little dignity or worth, paltry. Similar entries v. wác, III Wáclíc vilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 64: Hpt. Gl. 523, 74: inutile, contemptum, 470, 22. Ðú wilt habban ealle fægere ðing and ácorene, and wilt ðé sylf beón wáclíc and unwurð, Homl
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wæfer-líc
Of a theatre
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Of a theatre Wæferlíce glencgu theatrales pompas, Hpt. Gl. 407, 42
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wǽpen-líc
Male ⬩ masculine
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Male, masculine Ðæt wǽpenlíce lim calamus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 58. Ða wǽpenlícan limo preputia, 68, 60: 69, 16
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wær-líc
Cautious, prudent, wise, circumspect
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Cautious, prudent, wise, circumspect Wærlíc cauta, sollicita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 70. Wærlíc bið ðæt man ǽghwilce geáre sóna æfter Eástron fyrdscipa gearwige, L. Eth. vi. 33; Th. i. 324, 3. Wærlíc mé þinceþ ðæt gé wæccende wið hettendra hildewóman wearde
wæstm-líc
Fruitful
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Fruitful Wæstimlíc fructuosus, Rtl. 18, 25
wæwærð-líc
Good (?)
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Good (?) Semis ys swýðe wæwærðlíc tó ongytanne, swá hit gerǽd ys on ðære bóc ðe ys Exodus genemned : 'Habuit arca testamenti duos semis cubitos longitudinis.' Héræfter wé wyllaþ geopenian uplendiscum preóstun ðæra, geréna æfter Lýdenwara gesceáde, Anglia
weá-líc
Miserable
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Miserable Sumum ðæt gegongeþ, ðæt se endestæf weálíc weorþeþ; sceal hine wulf etan, Exon. Th. 328, 4; Vy. 12
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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
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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
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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
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
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
ofersǽ-líc
Transmarine
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Transmarine: — On ðám ofersǽlícum dǽlum in trans-marinis partibus, Bd. 3, 28; S. 560, 13
Linked entry: sǽ-líc
oferstígend-líc
Superlative
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Superlative Sume synd superlativa, ðæt is oferstígendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 63