ealdor-leg
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Course of life, life Gé mé sægdon þæt gé cúðon míne aldorlege, swá mé ǽfre wearð oððe ic furðor findan sceolde you told me that you knew the course of my life, whatever has befallen me, or what I was yet to experience, Dan. 139.
leác-weard
A gardener
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Lind. 20, 15. Lécword, p. 8, 4
limb-stefning
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Peripetasma limb-stefning. Comparison with 26, 6, limbus stemning vel hem, suggests (?) that the gloss should read, peripetasma, limbus stefning
be-lifd
lifed deprived of life ⬩ lifeless ⬩ inanimate ⬩ defunctus
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lifed deprived of life, lifeless, inanimate; defunctusExon. 51 b; Th. 180, 19; Gú. 1282;
ǽg-hwilc
Every ⬩ all ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever ⬩ every one ⬩ quicunque ⬩ unusquisque ⬩ omnis
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Ǽghwylc wille lífes tiligan every one wishes to cultivate life, Exon. 27a; Th. 81, 4; Cri. 1318. Ðú ǽghwylces canst thou art knowing in every matter, Andr. Kmbl. 1016; An. 508
ge-lícan
to liken ⬩ imitate
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Lind. 7, 24
ealdor-leg
Life-law, fate, death ⬩ fātum, mors
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Life-law, fate, death;fātum, mors Æfter ealdorlege after death, Exon. 51 a; Th. 177, 29; Gú. 1234
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grǽdig-
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Ðás fugelas habbaþ feónda gelícnysse ðe gehwilce menn beswícaþ and grǽdelíce grípaþ to grimre helle these birds are like the fiends, that deceive some men, and greedily snatch them to grim hell, ii. 516, 10.
leác-tún
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Lind. 18, 1: 19, 41. Nán man on ðysne ðæg wyrte in léhtúne ne fatige, Wulfst. 227, 8: 231, 18. Monn sende in léhtúne his homo misit its hortum suum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 19
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aldor-leg
Life-law ⬩ fate
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Life-law, fate Ðæt ge cúðon míne aldorlege that ye know my life's destiny. Cd. 179; Th. 224, 20; Dan. 139
þri-líðe
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
leác-cærse
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'A cress with an onion-like smell, alliaria officinalis' E. D. S. Plant Names. Cockayne says 'erysimum alliaria,' Lchdm. ii. 318, 7: 320, 3. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 40, leáccærse id est túncærse glosses nasturcium
ge-limp
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.
mete-láf
A remnant of food
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Lind. 14, 20
for-legis
an adulteress ⬩ a prostitute
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an adulteress, a prostitute Forliges prostituta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 5. Forlegese scorti, Kent. Gl. 162. Forlegisse mecham, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 38: 55, 13: Past. 353, 19. Eówer nebb sint swǽ scamleáse swǽ ðára wífa ðe bióð forelegissa, 206, 9. Forlegesum
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irfe-láf
heirloom ⬩ inheritance ⬩ heir
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Wolde líge gesyllan his swǽsne sunu ángan ofer eorþan yrfeláfe he [Abraham] was ready to give to the flame, his dear son, the only heir that was left him on earth, Cd. 162; Th. 203, 14 ; Exod. 403
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Lind. 2, 6: Rtl. 38, 15: 193, 15, the form látwa with pl. látuas, Mt. 15, 14, occurs; also látwu, Rtl. 193, 17, 19; and in 2, 5 látuan glosses ducere
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ge-léd
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, and gæleð looks like a gloss to cantat
ardlíce
Quickly ⬩ immediately ⬩ prompte ⬩ cito
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Quickly, immediately; prompte, cito Éfstaþ nú ardlíce persequimini cito, Jos. 2, 5: Gen. 14, 14: 22, 11
herigend-
Praiseworthily
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Praiseworthily Hé sylf herigendlíce leofode he himself lived praiseworthily, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 14. Hergiendlíce laudabiliter, Rtl. 105, 3. Hergeondlíce, Past. 7; Swt. 49, 193