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býcnend-líc

(adj.)
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býcnend-líc, adj.

Allegorical, mystical ⬩ allegoricus

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Allegorical, mystical; allegoricus Býcnendlíc racu allegorica expositio, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 42. ;

gecynd-lim

sexual organs ⬩ of a male, genitalia ⬩ of a female, vulva, uterus ⬩ as a symbol of indecency

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Add: sexual organs, v. ge-cynd; of a male, genitalia Gecindlimu genitalia, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 59. Lust gecyndlima uoluptas genitalium, Scint. 106, 9: Lch. i. 370, 3. On gecyndlimum mínum, Angl. xi. 117, 25. Hé him ealle þá gecyndlimu of ácearf, Gr. D.

gedál-lic

Similar entry: un-gedállic

gefeá-lic

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Gyf him þince ꝥ hé mid cyninge sprece, him cumeð gefeálic gifu tó and gód, Lch. iii. 172, 3. Fæger and gefeálig fugles tácen, Ph. 510. Add

yfel-líc

(adj.)
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yfel-líc, adj.

Bad, foul, rotten

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Bad, foul, rotten. Ðysse worulde wela is gebrosnadlíc and yfellíc and forwordenlíc, Wulfst. 263, 13. Twégen león ádulfan his byrgenne on ðæs wéstenes sande; ðǽr resteþ Paules líchoma mid yfelíce duste bewrigen, ac on dómes dæge hé áríseþ on wuldor, Shrn

ýþ-lid

(n.)
Grammar
ýþ-lid, es; n.

A ship

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A ship Of ýðlide, Andr. Kmbl. 555; An. 278. Ofer ýðlid (-lið,MS.), 889; An. 445

stirn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stirn-líc, adj.

hard, harsh ⬩ Hard, unpleasant, severe

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hard, harsh Warna ðæt ðú nán þing styrnlíces ne sprece ongén Iacob cave, ne loquaris contra Jacob quidquam durius, Gen. 31, 29. Hard, unpleasant, severe (of weather) Hwíltídum ðeós woruld is gesundful and myrige on tó wunigenne, hwílon heó is eác swíðe

Linked entry: styrn-líc

streám-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
streám-líc, adj.

Of water

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Of water Ofer streámlícum ríðum over rivers of waters, Homl. Th. i. 444, 10

stów-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stów-líc, adj.

Local, relating to place ⬩ occupying a place ⬩ expressing relations of place

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Local, relating to place, occupying a place God is ǽghwǽr, þeáh ðe se engel stówlíc sý. Nis se ælmihtiga Wealdend stówlíc, forðan ðe hé is on ǽlcere stówe, and swá hwider swá se stówlíca engel flíhþ, hé biþ befangen mid his andwerdnysse, Homl. Th. i.

stræc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc-líc, adj.

Rigorous, strict, severe

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Rigorous, strict, severe Gif hié ne beóþ gebundne mid stræclíce láreówdóme si hanc districtionis severitas non coarctat, Past. 17, 9; Swt. 123, 17. Streclícere hǽse rigido imperio, Hpt. Gl. 437, 4

Linked entry: strec-líc

strec-líc

(adj.)

Similar entry: stræc-líc

átor-lic

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Áterlicum oððe biter gorgoneo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 56. Add

atol-lic

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Seó sunne scíman ne hæfde and wæs atollic (eatolíce,v.l.) on tó beseónne, Bd. 3, 27;Sch. 316, II. Deófol is atelic sceocca, Hml. Th. i. 16, 21. Þeáh ðe hé (the leper)atelic ware, 122, 6. Án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, ii. 508, l. Seó sáwel bið atelic

symbelmónaþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
symbelmónaþ-líc, adj.

comitiales

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Pertaining to a month in which a solemnity was celebrated (?); the word translates comitiales in the gloss Ða symbelmónaðlícan ádla comitiales, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 39

-synd-líc

(adj.; suffix)

Linked entry: -synd-líc

syndrigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrigend-líc, adj.

Separating

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Separating Adverbia discretiva synd syndrigendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 229, 7

be-hóf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
be-hóf-líc, adj.

Behoveful ⬩ needful ⬩ necessarius

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Behoveful, needful; necessarius Ðæt his líf him behóflíc wǽre quia necessaria sibi esset vita ipsius Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, note 3. Behóflíc is is necessary Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 3

liðs-

(prefix)
Grammar
liðs-, lits-mann

a sailor

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a sailor Ða liðsmenn [the Danes], Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 14. Litsmanna, 1047; Erl. 175, 11

forþ-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-lífan, p. -láf, pl. -lifon; pp. -lifen [lífan to leave]

To stand out ⬩ appear ⬩ promĭnēre

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To stand out, appear; promĭnēre Mid ðý me of sweoran forþlífaþ seó reádnes and bryne ðæs swyles dum mihi de collo rŭbor tŭmōris, ardorque promĭneat, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 30

laembis lieg

Similar entry: lendis lieg