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wíg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wíg-líc, adj.

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

wilder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilder-líc, (?); adj.

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

wín-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wín-líc, adj.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
winter-líc, adj.

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

býgend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
býgend-líc, adj.

Flexible, pliable ⬩ flexilis, flexibilis

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Flexible, pliable; flexilis, flexibilis Býgendlíc on ðám geþeódnessum his liða flexibilibus artuum compagibus, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 37

Linked entry: bígend-lic

canonec-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
canonec-líc, adj.

Canonical ⬩ canonicus

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Canonical; canonicus Æfter canoneclícan ge-wunan according to canonical custom, Canon. Hrs. 359, 8

cáser-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cáser-líc, adj.

Cæsar-like, imperial ⬩ imperialis

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Cæsar-like, imperial; imperialis, Cot. 115

wyrm-líc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wyrm-líc, es; n.

The body of a serpent or of a worm,

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The body of a serpent or of a worm, of carving on a wall. Cf. wyrm-fáh Weal wundrum heáh, wyrmlícum fáh, Exon. Th. 292, 13; Wand. 98. fig. cf. wyrm, II a Ic eom oferfongen mid synnum tó wyrmlíce, Anglia xii. 501, 22

rǽd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽd-líc, adj.

Advisable

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Advisable Him ðá rǽdlecre geþúhte ðæt hé wið óðerne here friþ genáme ðæt hé ðone óðerne ðé iéð ofercuman mehtc proviso ad tempus consilio, unum denuntiato bello adpetit, alterum pacta pace suspendit, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 96, 15 : 4, 13; Swt. 212, 16. Tó smeágenne

stíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-líc, adj.

firm, strong ⬩ hard, severe ⬩ hard ⬩ harsh, severe ⬩ stern, hard, fierce

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firm, strong Stíðlíc stántorr (the tower of Babel), Cd. Th. 102, 14; Gen. 1700. of immaterial things, weather, conflict, discipline, penance, hard, severe Stíðlíc hreóhnys a severe storm, Homl. Th. ii. 18, 5. Wæs ðæra deófla gefeoht swíðe stíðlíc ongeán

stirigend-líc

(adj.)

Similar entry: styrigend-líc

stóc-líf

(n.)
Grammar
stóc-líf, es; n.

A town, habitation

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A town, habitation Stócclíf oppidum, civitas, Hpt. Gl. 500, 18. Se mæg gedón ðæt ic sóftor eardian ǽgðer ge on ðisum lǽnan stóclífe (cf. Here have we no continuing city, Heb. 13, 14) ða whíle ðe ic on ðisse weorulde beó ge eác on ðam hécan háme ðe hé

Linked entry: stóc

strang-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
strang-líc, adj.

strong, robust ⬩ strong, firm, solid, able to resist force ⬩ requiring strength, laborious, hard ⬩ hard to bear, severe

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of persons, strong, robust Cniht, stranglíc on wæstme and wénlíc on nebbe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41. Hwæðer ðæt landfolc sí tó gefeohte stranglic oððe untrumlíc populum, utrum fortis sit an infirmus, Num. 13, 20. of things, strong, firm, solid, able to resist

bær-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
bær-lic, adj.

Open ⬩ public

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Open, public Bærlic publicam, Lk. p. 3, 8

syl-líc

Similar entry: seld-lic

synder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
synder-líc, adj.

Separate, special, private ⬩ that is apart, separate, remote ⬩ private, that is done apart, not public ⬩ private, without distinction, ordinary ⬩ special, peculiar, proper ⬩ separated by superiority, singular, excellent, specially good

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Separate, special, private And ðære synderlíc[an] ac privata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 10. Ða synderlícan privatam, 75, 56. that is apart, separate, remote On senderlícum hulce in remoto (separato) tugurio, Hpt. Gl. 465, 43. private, that is done apart, not

Linked entries: sundor-líc syndrig

symbel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
symbel-líc, adj.

solemn

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Of a feast or festival, solemn Dæge symellícum die sollempni, Anglia xiii. 390, 354. Gebedu symellíce orationes sollempnes, 417, 750. Daegas symbellíce dies festos, Ps. Surt. 73, 8

syndrig-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig-líc, adj.

Special, singular, peculiar

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Special, singular, peculiar Twegen cynelíce cnihtas mid syndriglícre ( speciali ) Godes gyfe wǽron gesigefæste, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 20

ǽfen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽfen-líc, adj.

Vespertine, of the evening ⬩ vespertinus

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Vespertine, of the evening; vespertinus, Ps. Spl. 140, 2

æfter-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
æfter-líc, adj.

After ⬩ second ⬩ secundus

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After, second; secundus, Cot. 191