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liþ-geat

Similar entry: hlid-geat

mis-limp

(n.)
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mis-limp, es; n.

A mishap

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A mishap Mislimp excessus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 67. Mislimp tearte casus asperos, Hymn. Surt. 16, 5

ge-limp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-limp, es; n.

An event ⬩ accident ⬩ a chance ⬩ accĭdens ⬩ cāsus

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An event, accident, a chance; accĭdens, cāsus Ðara in gelimpe lífe weóldon of those who in chance possessed life, Exon. 36 b; Th. 118, 13; Gú. 239. Is ǽnig óðer on eallum ðám gelimpum búton godes yrre ofer ðas ðeóde swutol and gesýne is there anything

Linked entries: be-limp ge-lymp

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

weorod-líst

(n.)
Grammar
weorod-líst, e ; f.
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Want of troops

án-lípe

(adj.)
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án-lípe, (ǽn-); adj.
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single, alone, solitary, by one's self, not combined with anything else Ne wénen hié ðæt hiera fæsten ánlípe (-lépe, Cott. MSS. ) heálic mægen sié, ðý lǽs hié wénen ðæt hit anlípe micellre geearnunge mægen sié. Past. 315, 9-11. Ǽnlípe solitaria

be-limp

(n.)
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be-limp, es; n.
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An event, occurrence, case Belimp fors, An. Ox. 50, 22. Wið liþa sáre, gif hý of hwylcum belimpe oþþe of ǽnigum þincge gesárgude beóð, Lch. i. 312, I. On horse hwítum sittan belimp gód getácnað, iii. 202, 28. Smyltum belimpum secundis successibus, An

dír-ling

(n.)

Similar entry: deór-ling

dwás-líht

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Dele

efen-ling

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Add: [Luuien þi cristen euenling alswa þe seoluen to love thy neighbour as thyself, O. E. Hml. i. 57, 39. Þin sunful efenling luue 57, 222.]

erd-ling

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fleax-líne

(n.)
Grammar
fleax-líne, an; f.
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A cord for hanging flax on (?) Hé sceal fela towtóla habban; flexlínan, spinle, reól, Angl. ix. 263, 10

ge-lícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícan, to liken. v. ge-lícian
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to make like

ge-limp

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Add: I. what happens Gelimp casus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 56: eventus, 30, 40. Gelimpa eventuum, 31, 72. Gewyrdelicum gelimpe fortuitu casu, An. Ox. 3793. Mid gesǽligum gelimpum fortuitis casibus, 4186. what happens in the case of a person, lot, hap, fortune

gíme-líst

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Take here <b>gýme-leást</b> in Dict., and add: the not taking proper care of, carelessness with. Cf. gíman; 4 For ðǽre giémeléste his hǽlo per negligentiam suae salutis Past. 463, 3. Be speres gýmeleáste of carelessness with a spear Ll. Th

heáfod-ling

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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

lind-gestealla

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Add: — Ongan . . . helle hæftling galan : ' Hwæt wearð eów swá rófum. rincas míne, lindgesteallan ?, An. 1346

líne-twige

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Línaethuigae carduelis, Txts. 54, 309. [v. N. E. D. lintwhite.] Add: —

list-wrenc

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For ' Lye' substitute Mid listwrence híwian unsóð tó sóðe, Wrfst. 128, 5. Þá þæ yfel cunnon híwian tó góde and unsóð tó sóðe þurh lytigne listwrencg, 81, 37