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wǽpen-líc

(adj.)
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wǽpen-líc, adj.

Malemasculine

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Male, masculine Ðæt wǽpenlíce lim calamus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 58. Ða wǽpenlícan limo preputia, 68, 60: 69, 16

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wrégend-líc

(adj.)
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wrégend-líc, adj.
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Grammar wrégend-líc, Accusative Accussativus ys wrégendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Zup. 22, 20

wundrigend-líc

(adj.)
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wundrigend-líc, adj.

Expressing admirationastonishment

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Expressing admiration or astonishment O is tóclypigendlíc Grammar wundrigend-líc, adverbium ... hé is eác wundrigendlíc: O qualis facies, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 241, 16

dys-lic

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Dys(e)lic dyrstignes. v. dyrstignes. Hit ðincð ungelǽredum mannum dyselig tó gehýrenne, Hml. Th. i. 94, 35. Fela dyslice dǽda deriað mancynne, Hml. S. 13, 91. Hé ádreáh his líf on dyslicum weorcum, 26, 245.

dreór-lic

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Dele (v. dreórig-lic), and add: cruel, horrid. Cf. (?) dreórig, Manige wǽron gewende fram þám dreórlican ( = deór- ?) móde multi a bestiali mente mutati sunt, Gr. D. 100, 12

leóþ-líc

(adj.)
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leóþ-líc, adj.

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

cyn-lic

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cyn-lic, convenient.
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Erf) percommode, Txts. 85, 1534. v. un-cynlic, and cine-lic in Dict. Add

streng-líc

(adj.)
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streng-líc, adj.
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Cf. strang-líc

fird-lic

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Take here fyrd-lic, and add

wafor-líc

(adj.)
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wafor-líc, adj.

Spectacular, theatrical

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Similar entries v.wæfer-líc, wæfer-sín, wafian, and following words

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cwíðend-líc

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>cwiþen-lic;</b> adj. Native, natural Cwiþenlicre genuini (perhaps Aldhelm 73, 11 'genuini (partus),' glossed by gecyndelicere, An. Ox. 5092. Cf. also genuina matrice glossed by ácennendlicum cildhaman, 1243), Wrt.

hwílwend-lic

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Án líf is hwílwendlic, óðer éce, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 4. Hí wǽron gehǽlede tó hwílwendlicum lífe, 240, 15. Þǽra hǽðenra wíta synd hwílwendlice, Hml. S. II, 127.

wrixend-lic

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>wrixiend-lic;</b> adj. Mutual In þám freóndlican geflite þǽre wrixiendlicari eádmódnesse in hac mutuae humilitatis amica contentione. Gr. D. 116, 7

geong-lic

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Geonglica lima iuuenilia membra, Scint. 144, 4. ¶ used substantively, a young person, a juvenile :-- Understand þú geonglic ꝥ ic wyð þé nu gerímige, Angl. viii. 307, 39

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gift-lic

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Add: gifte-lic Gyftlicere gegæderunge nuptialis copule An. Ox. 4401. Giftlicum wedde nuptiali dote ii. 158. Giftlican sponsali (peplo ), 5244. Heó bicóm tó giftelicre yldo she came to marriageable age Ap. Th. 1. 10. Þá giftelican nuptiales Wrt.

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frymþe-lic

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Add: frymþ-lic original Frymþlices originalis, An. Ox. 5061. In bysene ðǽre frymðlican (frymþelecan, v. l.) cirican in exemplum primitiuae ecclesiae, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 468, 3.

líc-mann

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Man heóld þá ꝥ líc on þá hǽðenan wísan . . . þá on þone feórðan dæg fǽrlíce on mergen árás se ylce Gád árǽred þurh God, and þá lícmen wurdon wundorlíce áfyrhte, Hml. S. 36, 130

trymmend-líc

(adj.)
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trymmend-líc, adj.
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Eác swylce ðæm cyninge hé sende trymmendlíce (-líc, Bd. M. 146, 9) gewrit misit regi literas exhartatorias, 2, 17; S. 520, 19

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hwílwend-líc

(adj.)
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hwílwend-líc, adj.

Temporary

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Hwílwendlíc líf ... éce líf the life of time ... the life of eternity, Homl. Th. ii. 240, 15-20.

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deád-lic

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Cf. deáþ-lic