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leóf-wende

(adj.)
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leóf-wende, adj.

Pleasinggraciousacceptableamiableestimable

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Wuton wuldrian weorada dryhten lufian liófwendum lífes ágend let us glorify the Lord of hosts, gratefully love the disposer of life, Hy. 8, 3; Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 3: Exon. 14 b; Th. 29, 31; Cri. 471.

ge-hlidad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlidad, part. [ge-hlid a lid]

Liddedcovered with a lidopercŭlo tectus

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Lidded, covered with a lid; opercŭlo tectus Seó wæs gerisenlíce gehlidad mid gelíce stáne operculo sĭmĭlis lăpĭdis aptissĭme tectum, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 32

lád-teów

(n.)
Grammar
lád-teów, es; m.

A leaderguideconductorgeneral

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Lífes láððeów the guide of life, Dóm. L. 52, 9. Ðes and ðeós láteów oððe heretoga hic et hæc dux, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 14, 9: Wrt. Voc. 72, 60. Drihten ðe eówer láteów ys dominus qui ductor est vester, Deut. 31, 8.

bysmor-líce

(adv.)
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C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 20

hygdig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hygdig-líce, adv.

Chastely

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Lind. 19, 12

toh-líne

(n.)
Grammar
toh-líne, an; f.

A tow-line

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A tow-line Tohlíne remulcum. Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 64: remulcus, 57, 5

cræftig-líce

(adv.)
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Substitute: Skilfully, cunningly, ingeniously Smiþ*-*líce fabrile, cræftig[líce] fabre, i. perfecte, ingeniose, artfficiose, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 61. Smiþlíce fabrile, cræftiglíce fabre (MS. -i ), 35, 15. v. sundor-, wundor-cræftiglíce

óþ-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-þringan, to force away from one (oftenest in phrases líf, feorh, etc., óþþringan
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to take a person's life) Ðá geleornedon his byrelas hú hié him mehten ðæt líf óþþringan, and him gesealdon átor drincan, Ors. 3, 9 ; Swt. 136, 15. Se ðe mid gáres orde óðrum aldor óþþringeþ, Cd. Th. 92, 3; Gen. 1523 : Exon. Th. 330, 11; Vy. 49.

mistel-lám

(n.)
Grammar
mistel-lám, es; n.

Bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe

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Bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe Mistellám viscus, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 65

Linked entry: lám

limb-stefning

(n.)
Grammar
limb-stefning, The gloss at Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 46 is:
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Peripetasma limb-stefning. Comparison with 26, 6, limbus stemning vel hem, suggests (?) that the gloss should read, peripetasma, limbus stefning

on-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
on-líce, adv.

Like, in like manner

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Like, in like manner Ealle ða ríca forheregian . . . swíðe onlíce ðam micelan flóde, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 6; Met. 8, 47; Elen. Kmbl. 197; El. 99.

ǽ-lifne

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-lifne, (?); adj.

Without means of support (v. lifen), nourished by others

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Without means of support (v. lifen), nourished by others (?) Aelifnae alumnis (alumni?), Ep. Gl. 3 d, 38

Linked entry: -lifne

mæsse-lác

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-lác, es; n.

The mass-offeringthe host

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In Festus; fertum genus libi dictum, quod crebrius ad sacra ferebatur altero genere libi.']

þri-líðe

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-líðe, (?); adj.

Having three months named Líða

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Having three months named Líða, a term applied to the year in which a fourth summer month was intercalated; the passage in which the Latinized form of the word occurs is as follows: Quotiescunque communis esset annus, ternos menses solares singulis anni

á-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lífan, (-lýfan, q. v.
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Ðæt mé unne God écean dreámes, líf álýfe, 4, 33. Noldan him þá londleóde þæt fæsten áliéfan, Ors. 5, 11; S. 238, 7. Hé wuda and wætres nyttað, þonne him bið wíc álýfed, Gn. Ex. 110. Þæs áléfdan indulte, Wrt.

Linked entries: a-léfan á-lýfan

drohtaþ

(n.)
Grammar
drohtaþ, drohtoþ,es ; m. [dreógan to do, suffer, pass life, live]

Conversation, manner or way of life, condition, conduct, society condĭtio vitæ, stătio, conversātio

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Conversation, manner or way of life, condition, conduct, society; condĭtio vitæ, stătio, conversātio Is se drohtaþ strang ðam ðe lagoláde cunnaþ severe is the way of life for him who trieth a sea-journey, Andr.

Linked entry: droht

fæder-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
fæder-líce, adv.
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As a father Þæt Cúðberhtus his fyrwitnysse fæderlíce miltsode that Cuthbert like as a father would pity his curiosity, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 19

bǽr

a biera litter,

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Add: a bier Líc cadaver, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 55. bǽr feretrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 55. Hé hreopode þá bǽre . . . Seó bǽr ðe þone deádan ferode, Hml. Th. i. 492, 26. Geneálǽcað ðǽre bǽre, 372, 6. Ofer þá bǽre þe his líc on wæs, Gr.

cyrten-líce

(adv.)
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Add: elegantly, fitly, fairly, well Cyrten[líce] ( si tu te sumptuosius comas et per publicum) notabiliter (incedas ), An. Ox. 5185. Eall ꝥ cyrte[n]líce ( subtiliter, i. eleganter ) wé þenceað, Scint. 140, 7.

leáf-full

(adj.)
Grammar
leáf-full, adj.

Believingfaithful

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Lind. 25, 21: Jn. Skt. Lind. 20, 27. Ic cýðe on ðissan gewrte eallum leáffullum mannum hwet ic gerédd habbe wið míne arcebiscópes, Chart. Th. 347, 26.