Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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cwém-líce

(adv.)

Similar entry: ge-cwémlíce

eáþe-líce

(adv.)

Similar entry: for-eáþelíce

lítan

(v.)
Grammar
lítan, [from lútan, as bígan from búgan]

to bend ⬩ incline

Entry preview:

to cause to bow, to bend, incline Ðæt ingeþonc ǽlces monnes ðone líchoman lít ðider hit wile the mind of every man inclines the body whither it will, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 237; Met. 26, 119

lendis lieg

Entry preview:

Laembis lieg, 11, 28

Linked entry: laembis lieg

GE-LES

(n.)
Grammar
GE-LES, -lis, es; n.

Reading ⬩ study ⬩ learning ⬩ studium ⬩ lectura

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Reading, study, learning; studium, lectura Gelis studium, Nar. 1, 20. On gelesum háligra gewrita gelǽred in studiis scripturarum institutus, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 33. Betweoh geleoso ðære godcundan leornunge inter studia divinæ lectionis Bd. 3, 13; S. 538

Linked entries: ge-liese ge-lis les

lira

Grammar
lira, l. líra,
Entry preview:

Fægere fingras, smale and lange, and þǽra nægla tósceád, and se greáta líra beneoðan þám þúman, Vis. Lfc. 84. [v. N. E. D. lire.] and add: —

æðel-íc

(adj.)
Grammar
æðel-íc, adj. [æðele noble. líc like]

Noble ⬩ excellent ⬩ egregius

Entry preview:

Noble, excellent; egregius Æðelíc onginn a noble beginning, Andr. Kmbl. 1775; An. 890; Stenc æðelícra eallum eorþan frætwum [MS. frætwa] a nobler odour than all earth's ornaments, Exon. 96a; Th. 358, 19; Pa. 48

Linked entry: æðel-líc

liðs-

(prefix)
Grammar
liðs-, lits-mann

a sailor

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a sailor Ða liðsmenn [the Danes], Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 14. Litsmanna, 1047; Erl. 175, 11

líþ

(n.)
Grammar
líþ, es; n.
Entry preview:

Ðá bær unc mon líþ forþ oblato poculo, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 31

fugeles leác

(n.)
Grammar
fugeles leác, es; n.

Viumum

Entry preview:

Viumum? Glos. Brux. Recd. 42, 30; Wrt. Voc. 68, 45

hræfnes leác

(n.)

orchis,

Entry preview:

orchis, see Lchdm. iii. 333, col. 1. v. Grmm. D. M. 1144

laembis lieg

Similar entry: lendis lieg

fugeles leác

(n.)
Grammar
fugeles leác, viumum (vicium? v. preceding word, and cf.
Entry preview:

O. H. Ger. fogal-krút viciam)

Bylges leg

(n.)
Grammar
Bylges leg, es; n. [Flor. Bililesleaga: Sim. Dun. Byligesleage: Hovd. Biligesleage]
Entry preview:

BISLEY, in Gloucestershire Hí cómon to Bylges lege they came to Bisley, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 15

circan lád

Similar entry: lád

hræfnes leác

Entry preview:

Hreafnes leác . . . Ðeós wyrt ðe man satyrion and óðrum naman hræfnes leác nemneð, Lch. i. 108, 16. Add

liþ

(n.)
Grammar
liþ, es; m. n.

A joint ⬩ lith ⬩ limb

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A joint, lith [Scott. e.g. the Laird of Auchinleck to Johnson, Cromwell 'gart kings ken they had a lith in their necks'], member of the body, limb Liþ artus: lytel liþ articulus, Wrt. Voc. 283, 16, 17: Soul Kmbl. 191; Seel. 96.

Linked entries: leoþu lid

biscop-heáfod-lín

(n.)
Entry preview:

a bishop's head linen, an ornament which bishops wore on their heads; infula Biscop-heáfod-lín infula, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 10

Linked entry: bisceop-heáfodlín

Líða

Grammar
Líða, Add: — Líða-mónað, Chr. P. 277, margin, v. þri-líþe : -<b>lipa.</b>

león

(v.)
Grammar
león, p. láh.

To lend

Entry preview:

Líh mé þreó hláfas commoda mihi tres panes, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 5

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