fús-leóþ
A parting-song ⬩ death-song ⬩ dirge ⬩ mŏrientis cantus ⬩ fūnebris nēnia
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A parting-song, death-song, dirge; mŏrientis cantus, fūnebris nēnia Ðǽr wæs ýþfynde innan burgum fúsleóþ galen there was easy to be found within the dwellings the death-song sung, Andr. Kmbl. 3097; An. 1551. Ðú scealt fúsleóþ galan thou shalt sing the
fyrd-leóþ
A war-song ⬩ mīlĭtāre carmen
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A war-song; mīlĭtāre carmen Fyrdleóþ agól wulf on walde a wolf sang a war-song in the wood, Elen. Kmbl. 54; El. 27: Cd. 171; Th. 215, 3; Exod. 577
Linked entry: fird-leóþ
leóþ-líc
Poetical
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Poetical Beda ðises hálgan líf ǽgðer ge æfter ánfealdre gereccednysse ge æfter leóþlícere gyddunge áwrát Bede wrote this saint's life both in prose and in verse, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 1
líc-leóþ
dirge ⬩ epicedion
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A funeral song, dirge; epicedion, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 2
wóp-leóþ
A mournful lay ⬩ a tragedy
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A mournful lay, a tragedy Wópleóð tragoediam, Hpt. Gl. 488, 57
byrgels-leóþ
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An epitaph bergelsleóþ ł [bergels] sang epitaphion, carmen super tumulum, Hpt. Gl. 427, 71
Linked entry: leóþ
byrg-leóþ
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An epitaph, a dirge Byrgleóð carmen funebre, Hpt. Gl. 427, 63. Byregleóþ epichedieon, An. Ox. 901. Epicedion lícleóð, epitaphion byrigleóð, utrumque est carmen super tumulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 78
Linked entry: byrgen-leóþ
brýd-leóþ
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Brýdleóþes epithalami(i ), An. Ox. 3181. Brýdleóðes, 7, 232: Hpt. Gl. 481, 19. Add
leóþ-gidding
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Hér mæg findan foreþances gleáw, sé ðe hine lysteð leóðgiddunga, hwá þás fitte fégde, Hpt. 33, 72, 2. Add
leóþ-lic
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Hé mid leóðlicum metre be þám mónðum þus giddode, Angl. viii. 301, 34. Add
leóþ-sang
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Add: — Byriensang, leóþsang epitaphion, An. Ox. 902 (where see note)
leóþ-wís
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Poetical, rhythmical Celeuma, idem et toma, i. leta cantatio lewis (leóþwís ?) plega (for celeurna see gladung), Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 20
Linked entry: lewis
leóþ-wíse
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Þás þing magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged, Angl. viii. 304, 3. Add
líc-leóþ
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Lícleóð epicedion. Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 77 : carmen funebre, Hpt. Gl. 427, 62 : epitaphion, carmen super lumulum ł mortuo-rum, 70. Add
sealm-leoþ
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Sealmleóð psalterium, Ps. Rdr. 56, 9. Add
scop-leóþ
A poem
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A poem Se heora cyning ongan singan and giddian and mid ðæm scopleóþe heora mód swíðe getrymede Tyrtaei ducis composito carmine et pro cocione recitato accensi, Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 56, 32. Hé (Nero) ongon wyrcan scopleóþ be ðæm bryne Iliadem decantabat,
sealm-leóþ
A psalm
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A psalm Sealmleóþ and hearpswég psalterium et cythara, Blickl. Gl
sige-leóþ
A song of triumph
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A song of triumph Ðá wæs sigeleóþ (cf. Icel. sigr-óp) galen on herefelda, Elen. Kmbl. 248; El. 124. Engla þreátas sigeleóþ sungon (when Guthlac came to Heaven), Exon. Th. 181, 6; Gú. 1289
byrig-leóþ
An epitaph ⬩ epitaphium
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An epitaph; epitaphium. Bd. 2, l, Lye