león
To lend
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Líh mé þreó hláfas commoda mihi tres panes, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 5
bismor-líce
Disgracefully, indecently, irreverently, contemptuously, reproachfully ⬩ probrose, indecore, inverecunde, contumeliose
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C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 20. Worpaþ hine deófol on dómdæge bismorlíce the devil shall cast him down contemptuously in the day of judgment, Salm. Kmbl. 53; Sal. 27
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liþ
A joint ⬩ lith ⬩ limb
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A joint, lith [Scott. e.g. the Laird of Auchinleck to Johnson, Cromwell 'gart kings ken they had a lith in their necks'], member of the body, limb Liþ artus: lytel liþ articulus, Wrt. Voc. 283, 16, 17: Soul Kmbl. 191; Seel. 96.
Líða
fracoþ-líce
Shamefully ⬩ disgracefully ⬩ wickedly ⬩ turpĭter
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Shamefully, disgracefully, wickedly; turpĭter Biþ us swíðe fracoþlíce [fracuþlíce MS. Cot.] oðer fót unscód one of our feet is very disgracefully unshod, Past. 5, 2; Hat. MS. 11 a. 17. Ic fracoþlíce feóndrǽs gefremede I wickedly committed the fiendish
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slím
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Slime, mud, mire Slím limus Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 14. borbus, cena 126, 53. Áfæstnod ic eom on líme (slíme ? cf. Ps. 68, 3: I am festened in slime depenesse) grundes infixus sum in limo profundi Ps. Spl. 68, 2
cræftig-líce
Workmanlike ⬩ CRAFTILY ⬩ fabre ⬩ artificiose
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Workmanlike, CRAFTILY; fabre, artificiose Cræftig-líce fabre n Cot. 84. Seó heáfodstów cræftiglíce geworht ætýwde locus capitis fabrefactus apparuit Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 1
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ears-ling
On the back, backwards ⬩ retrorsum
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Gán hý on ears-ling avertantur retrorsum, 6, 8
fácen-líce
Deceitfully, fraudulently ⬩ dŏlōse, fraudŭlenter
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Ða leásan men fácen-líce þencaþ false men think treacherously, Frag. Kmbl. 49; Leás. 26
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neáh-líce
Nearly ⬩ about
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Nearly, about Hié neálíce swá fela ( tot pene ) þearfena ofsleáþ swá hié ídelíce mid hiera ælmessan gehelpan meahton, Past. 45, 1; Swt. 335, 15. Hý blówaþ ðonne neálíce ( just about when ) óðre wyrta scrincaþ, Lchdm. i. 204, 13
ǽr-líce
EARLY in the morning ⬩ diluculo ⬩ mane
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Lind. War. 8, 2
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deófel-líce
a-cenned-líc
Native ⬩ nativus
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Native; nativus. Cot. 138
a-cumend-líc
Tolerable ⬩ bearable ⬩ tolerabilis
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Tolerable, bearable; tolerabilis Acumendlícre byþ Sodoma lande and Gomorra on dómes dæg, ðonne ðære ceastre tolerabilius erit terræ Sodomorum et Gomorrhæorúm in die judicii quam illi civitati, Mt. Bos. Io, 15
a-grisen-líc
horrible ⬩ terribilis
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horrible; terribilis
ang-sum-líc
troublesome ⬩ anxious ⬩ tristis ⬩ sollicitus
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troublesome, anxious; tristis, sollicitus
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for-hygde-líc
Despisable ⬩ contemptĭbĭlis
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Despisable; contemptĭbĭlis Forhygdelíc oððe forsewen contemptus, Ps. Lamb. 118, 141
ge-líc-gemaca
An equal ⬩ compar
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An equal; compar, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 51
ge-sǽl-líc
Happy ⬩ fēlix
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Happy; fēlix Gesǽllíc mon a happy man, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 34; Met. 2, 17
ge-met-líc
Moderate, temperate, measurable, fit ⬩ moderatus, temperatus, mensurabilis, aptus ⬩ mediocris
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Moderate, temperate, measurable, fit; moderatus, temperatus, mensurabilis, aptus Hæle wísfæst and gemetlíc a man wise and moderate, Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 12; Fä. 87. Him gemetlíc seó may be suitable for him, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 21: 40, 3; Fox 238, 21;