edwít-líf
A disgraceful life ⬩ probrōsa vita
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A disgraceful life; probrōsa vita Deáþ biþ sélla eorla gehwylcum ðonneedwítlíf death is better for every man than a disgraceful life, Beo. Th. 5775; B. 2891
fugel-lím
Bird-lime ⬩ viscum
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Bird-lime; viscum, Cot. 194
un-líf
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Not life, (spiritual) death Ne þearf nánne man tweógian; æfter his deáþe óðrum þissa hé onféhð swá lífe swá unlífe swaðer his gewyrhto bióð and his earnung, Verc. Först. 176
Linked entry: un-lífes
líf-welle
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Add: life-giving. Cf. dead-wille
ende-líf
An end of life, death ⬩ vīta fīnīta, mors
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An end of life, death; vīta fīnīta, mors Wurdon hie deáþes on wénan, ádes and endelífes they were in expectation of death, of the funeral pilē and end of life, Elen. Kmbl. 1166; El. 585
lim-mǽlum
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Limb-meal (used by Shakspere in Cymbeline), limb by limb, a limb at a time Limmǽlum membratim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 55: membratim, particulatim, Hpt. Gl, 443, 3: membratim, per singula membra, 486, 44
bær-líce
Openly ⬩ nakedly ⬩ BARELY ⬩ palam
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Lind. War. 6, 29
bysmor-líce
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C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 20
hygdig-líce
Chastely
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Lind. 19, 12
líf-fæst
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Add: having life, quickened, Vy. 6 (in Dict.) life-giving Þá lýffæstan gerýnu ( the eucharistic elements'), Hml.
ár-líce
Early ⬩ diluculo ⬩ mane
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Lind. War. 16, 2 : Lk. Lind. War. 24, 1: Jn. Rush. War. 8, 2
líf-welle
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Lind. 4, 10
lim-gesihþ
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D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4
Linked entry: ge-siht
hux-líce
Ignominiously ⬩ disgracefully ⬩ unbecomingly
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Ða ðe hí huxlíce hér on lífe gedrehton those who shamefully afflicted them in this life, Jud. 5; Thw. 156, 10. Gelǽdde ðone kining mid him swíðe huxlíce carried the king with him very ignominiously, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 20
sundor-líf
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A private life:?-Hé sundorlíf (vitam privatam) and munuclíf wæs foreberende eallum ðám weolum ðæs eorþlícan ríces, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 7
riht-líf
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Add: a life of lawful matrimony Fón mágas tó and weddian heora magan tó wífe and tó rihtlífe, Ll. Th. i. 254, 20
forht-líce
Fearfully ⬩ tremblingly ⬩ trĕpĭde
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Fearfully, tremblingly; trĕpĭde Ǽghwylc wille feores forhtlíce aþolian every one will fearfully endure life, Exon. 27 a; Th. 81, 7; Cri. 1320: R. Ben. interl. 5
deóp-líce
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Th. i. 334, 24. tó ðám écan lífe ðe hé deóplíce geearnode to the eternal life that he most thoroughly deserved, Hml. Th. ii. 154, 7
lín-sǽd
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Genim línsǽd, gegriud, bríwe wið þám elmes drænce; ꝥ bið gód sealf foredum lime, Lch. ii. 66, 25. On længctene . . . línséd sáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 10. Add: —
lim-hál
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Sound of limb, Exon. 42 b; Th. 143, 14; Gú. 661