lufian
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Þegnas heredon, lufedun leofwendun. lifes ágend, Cri. 471. Wuton wuldrian hálgan hlióðorcwidum hiofenríces weard, lufian liófwendum lífes ágend, Hý. 8, 3. to express affection by action or conduct, to caress, cherish Ic lufige fovebo, Wrt.
ryne
A course, run, running, ⬩ an orbit ⬩ course, uninterrupted progress ⬩ a course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood ⬩ course, cycle, lustre ⬩ course of life
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Voc. ii. 50,42 . course of life Honorius æfter ðon ðe hé ða gemǽro his rynes gefyllde of ðissum leóhte leórde (postquam metas sui cursus implevit) Bd. 3, 20; S. 550, 25.
Linked entry: rine
tilung
striving, ⬩ endeavour, ⬩ effort, ⬩ labour ⬩ a pursuit ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ attention ⬩ treatment ⬩ cure ⬩ gain that comes from labour ⬩ acquisition ⬩ fruit got by tilling the earth
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Hí forgýmeleásodon ðæs écan lífes teolunge they neglected striving after the life eternal, 76, 2. Æfter níðum teolunge heara secundum nequitias studiorum ipsorum, Ps.
blác
bright, shining ⬩ lucidus, splendidus ⬩ BLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in death ⬩ pallidus, de moribundis et mortuis ⬩ pallidus, subalbus
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BLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in death; pallidus, de moribundis et mortuis Biþ his líf scæcen, and he blác his life is departed, and he pale, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 28; Vy. 41. Scylfing hreás blác Scylfing fell pale, Beo.
Linked entry: blǽc
ge-lang
Along ⬩ belonging ⬩ depending ⬩ consequent
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Along (in the phrase along of), belonging, depending, consequent Æt ðé is úre lýf gelang our life is along of thee (thou host saved our lives, A. V.), Gen. 47, 25. Seó gescyldnys is æt úrum Fæder gelang protection comes from our Father, Homl.
swicol
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Ne sceole wé ná besettan úrne hiht on ðissum swicelum lífe, Homl. Th. i. 162, 18. Geseoh gif ic on swiculne weg oððe on unrihte eode vide, si via iniquitatis in me est, Ps.
Linked entry: sweocol
be-settan
to set ⬩ place ⬩ to apply ⬩ to surround ⬩ to besiege
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Hí heora hiht on þissum lífe besettað, 172, 14. Ealne módes hiht on God sylfne besette man, Wlfst. 75, 5. On besettan inpingere. An. Ox. 4229. withtó, to apply Nylle gé heortan tó besettan (apponere), Ps.
byrgen
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Be his lífe and be his forðfóre and be his byr(i)geune (sepultura), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 348, 14
éce
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Hé on feorhgebeorh foldan hæfde eallum eorðcynne éce láfe frumcneów gehwæs túddorteóndra he (Noah) to save life for all that lives on earth had a remnant that should perpetuate it, to wit, the primal generation of everything that has offspring (i. e.
fǽr-lic
sudden ⬩ sudden ⬩ fortuitous
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Mín Drihten, ne lǽt mé nǽfre fǽrlicum deáðe of þissum lífe gewítan, Angl. xii. 499, 5. For his fǽrlican áweggewitennysse, Hml. S. 30, 225. Férlican ógan repentino terrore, Kent.
fóre-stihtod
predestine
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Hé forestihte ðá gecorenan tó dám écan lífe . . . Hé nolde forestihtan þá árleásan tó his ríce, i. 112, 28-33. Þá þe God forestihte on frymðe þyssere worulde, Hml. A. 45, 514.
langsum
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Nán mann on lífe on ðyssere langsuman worulde, Hex. 2, 11. For langsumere prolixa (valetudine fatigatam ), An. Ox. 3997. dilatory, tardy Hwæt sceall hit swá langsum, efne nú is se tíma, Hml.
Beda
Venerable Bede
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. - Mid ðý ic wæs seofon wintre, ðá wæs ic mid gýmenne mínra maga seald to fédanne and to lǽranne ðam árwurþan Abbude Benedicte, and Ceolfriþe æfter ðon and syððan ealle tíd mínes lífes on ðæs ylcan Mynstres eardunge, ic wæs dónde, and ealle geornnesse
CEARU
CARE, sorrow, grief ⬩ cura, dolor, mæror
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Ðe-læs eówer heortan gehefegode sýn on ðises lífes carum ne forte graventur corda vestra in curis hujus vitæ, Lk. Bos. 21, 34: 8, 14.
fæt
a vessel ⬩ utensil ⬩ a receptacle ⬩ box ⬩ casket ⬩ a compartment
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Similar entries v. bán-, hord-, máþm-, sinc-fæt " Drihten, þú þé gecure ꝥ fæt (the body of the Virgin Mary) on tó eardienne " . . . þá wæs Drihten cweþende tó Marian líchoman: " Þú eart lífes fæt, and þú eart ꝥ heofenlice templ, " Bl. H. 157, 1-13.
LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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Se biþ lang lífes and welig he shall be longlived and wealthy, Lchdm. iii. 156, 18. Næs lang tó ðý ðæt his bróðor ðyses lǽnan lífes tíman geendode it was not long before his brother died, 434, 24. Nis hit lang tó ðon, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 5.
ge-sǽlig
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Ic wundrige hwí men . wénen ꝥte þis andwearde líf mæge þone monnan dón gesǽligne . . . þonne hit hine ne mæg æfter þýs lífe earmne gedón, 2; S. 26, 6-17: 14, 1 ; F. 42, 21. Dón swá gesǽligne ꝥ hé nánes þinges máran ne þyrfe, 26, i; S. 58, 17.
irgþ
Sluggishness ⬩ cowardice ⬩ timorousness ⬩ pusillanimity
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yrhþe sý hit on scipfyrde sý hit on landfyrde þolige ealles ðæs ðe hé áge and his ágenes feores the man that flies from his lord, or from his comrade, from cowardice, be it on an expedition by sea or by land, let him lose all that he owns and his own life
Linked entry: irhþ
leóran
To go ⬩ depart ⬩ pass ⬩ pass away
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Leórendum dagum in the transitory days [of this life], Exon. 118 a; Th. 454, 9; Hy. 4, 30
Linked entries: bi-leóran ge-hlioran
næs
Not
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Gesceapene tó ðon écan lífe, næs ná tó ðon écan deáþe, Blickl. Homl. 61, 8. Næs ná mid golde, ac mid gódum dǽdum, 95, 19. Lufian wé hine næs nó on gesundum þingum ánum, ac eác swylce on wiðerweardum þingum, 13, 7