líhtan
To shine ⬩ lighten
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To shine, lighten, give light Hit líht fulminat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 7. Ðæt leóht lýht on þýstrum lux in tenebris lucet, Jn. Skt. 1, 5. Se móna líht on niht, Bt. 21; Fox. 74, 25. Swá swá ðæt leóhtfæt liéht on nieht úrum eágum, ðætte ða gewritu on
líðan
To go ⬩ sail
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To go [generally by sea], sail Ic tólíðe, ic líðe applicabo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 54. Monnum biþ gewunelíc ðæt hí líðaþ ðonne [ǽrra Líða, June] on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 88. 1. Ða ðe sǽ séceaþ mid scipe líðaþ qui descendunt mare in navibus, Ps. Th. 106, 22. Hé
wræc-full
Wretched ⬩ miserable
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Wretched, miserable Ðæt án líf is wræcful, ðæt óðer is eádig; án hwílwéndlíc, óðer éce, Homl. Th. ii. 440, 4. Besceáwiaþ hú wræcfull ðis andwyrde líf is, i. 488, 21. Fram ðisum wræcfullum lífe, 84, I: ii. 370, 19. Ðis wræcfulle líf, ðe wé on sind, wé
gállíce
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Wantonly, licentiously Gif hé gállíce ( luxuriose ) his líf drohtnað, Chrd. 108, 18
dégle
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of dégol
ge-rísan
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Add: with noun subject þænne dream gerist. Men. 58. Fǽmne ast hyre bordan geríseð, On. Ex. 64 : 67. I a. with dat. of object Ðé gerist mára campdom. Hml. Th. i. 418, 8. Dam aide ne gehrtseð (conuenil) Ssceapa, Lk. L. 5, 36. with pronoun subject, referring
un-myrhþ
Sadness ⬩ misery
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Sadness, misery On unmyrhðe his líf geendian, Wulfst. 148, 9
Linked entry: un-mirigþ
geond-þencan
To think over, consider, contemplate ⬩ aniĭo lustrāre, contemplāri
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To think over, consider, contemplate; aniĭo lustrāre, contemplāri Ðonne ic eorla líf eal geondþence when I consider all the chieftains' life, Exon. 77 a; Th. 290, 5; Wand. 60. Se ðis deorce líf deópe geondþenceþ he profoundly contemplates this dark life
wilder
A wild beast
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A wild beast þan deoren,and duden of þan wilden al heora willa, Laym. 1129. At þe fyrst quethe of þe quest quaked þe wylde, Gaw. 1150. Went we to wod the wilde for to cacchne. Destr. Tr. 2347. Þurh ðæs wildres ( the panther's ) mflð, Exon. Th. 358, 10
Linked entry: wildor
dég
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of dugan
ge-cwémedlic
Well-pleasing
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Substitute: Well-pleasing, and add Hit bið swýðe rihtlic líf and Gode gecwémedlic. Wlfst. 304, 19
Linked entry: cwémedlic
ende-deáþ
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Death that is the end of life. Substitute: Perhaps however the passage should read Líf bútan deáþe or líf bútan ende; either form would suit the metre better, and (the former especially) would be parallel with the contrasts that follow, gioguð bútan ylde
un-ofslegen
Unslain
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Unslain His bróðor geendode his líf on sibbe unofslegen, Homl. Th. ii. 544, 31
Linked entry: of-sleán
healdsum
Taking care of ⬩ protective
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Taking care of, protective Sé bið halsum in his líf, Archiv, cxxix. 25, 6
á-worpenlic
Worthy of rejection ⬩ or reprobation
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Substitute: Worthy of rejectionor reprobation Ðæt líf byþ áworpenlic vita reprobatur, Past. 409, 36
ge-hange
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inclined, disposed(?) Líf wæs mín longe leódum in gemonge, tírum getonge, teala gehonge, Reim. 42
ǽ-fæstlíce
Religiously
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Religiously Lifde hé ǽfestlíce his líf religiosam gerens vitam, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 10
earm-full
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Wretched, miserable Hí for hellewítes ógan and for Crístes lufan þis earmfulle líf forlǽtaþ, Lch. iii. 440, 34
un-heánlíce
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Add: in no mean fashion Hé þǽr his eáwfæste líf unheánlíce ( non mediocriter) ádreáh, Gr. D. 43, 25
ful-bryce
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Add: Violation of the sanctity of a cleric where manslaughter occurs. Cf. líf-lyre, 11: feorh-lyre, 14