leáf-scead
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A place made shady by leaves or foliage, Exon. 58 b; Th. 212, 4 ; Ph. 205
Linked entry: scead
leáf-wyrm
A canker ⬩ caterpillar
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A canker, caterpillar Hé sealde leáfwyrme (MS. C. treowyrme) wæstm heora he gave their increase unto the caterpillar (A. V.), Ps. Spl. 77, 51
Linked entry: treów-wyrm
leahter-líce
Viciously ⬩ noisomely
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Viciously, noisomely Ðæt deáde flǽsc rotaþ leahtorlíce ðonne se deádlíca líchama þeówaþ gálnysse the dead flesh rots noisomely when the mortal body is a slave to lust, Homl. Th. i. 118, 13
lícend-líce
Pleasingly
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Pleasingly Forðon mín gebed nú gyt bécnum standeþ ðæt him on wísum is wel lýcendlíce quoniam adhuc est oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Th. 140, 8
líht-líce
Similar entry: leóht-líce
lustful-líce
joyfully ⬩ gladly
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With joy or pleasure, joyfully, gladly Lustfullíce libenter, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 30. Se mildheorta Drihten onféhþ swíðe lustfullíce eallum ðǽm gódum ðe ǽnig man gedéþ his ðæm néhstan, Blickl. Homl. 37, 25
mægenleas-líce
Feebly ⬩ impotently
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Feebly, impotently Mægenleaslíce eviscerando, Germ. 398, 122
mǽgwlit-líce
Figuratively
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Figuratively Mégwlitlíce figuraliter, Mk. Skt. p. 4, 10
mǽþ-líce
With due regard to others ⬩ courteously
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With due regard to others, courteously Mǽþlíce humaniter, Ælfc. Gr. 45; Som. 41, 43: 42, 6
Linked entry: un-mǽþlíce
manigfeald-líce
Manifoldly ⬩ in many ways ⬩ in the plural
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Manifoldly, in many ways; as a grammatical term, in the plural Monígfaldlíce multipliciter. Ps. Surt. 62, 2. Wé mihton be eallum ðám óðrum stafum mænigfealdlíce sprecan we might speak of all the other letters under various heads, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 3,
mann-líca
A human form ⬩ image of a man ⬩ statue
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A human form, image of a man, statue Ǽfre siððan se monlíca ( the pillar of salt into which Lot's wife was turned ) stille wunode, Cd. 119; Th. 155, 1; Gen. 2566. Eall Adames cynn ðe módor gebær tó manlícan all the race of Adam that mother gave the form
mann-líce
Manfully ⬩ in a manner becoming to a man ⬩ nobly
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Manfully, in a manner becoming to a man, nobly Swá manlíce mǽre þeóden heaðorǽsas geald mearum and máðmum, Beo. Th. 2096; B. 1046
mere-lád
A sea-way ⬩ the road which the sea furnishes
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A sea-way, the road which the sea furnishes, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 9; Bo. 27
micel-líce
greatly ⬩ grandly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ greatly ⬩ exceedingly
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greatly, grandly, splendidly Singaþ dryhtne forðon micellíce ( magnifice ) dyde, Ps. Surt. p. 184, 15. greatly, exceedingly Micellíce intimbred multipliciter instructus, Bd. 5, 8; S. 622, 2. Micellíce gelǽred doctissimus, 5, 23; S. 645, 13
mín-líce
In my way ⬩ in my manner
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In my way, in my manner Mínlíce meatim ( = meo more, Wülck. 32, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 46
mis-lár
Bad teaching or doctrine
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Bad teaching or doctrine, Scint. 21: 78
missen-líce
Variously ⬩ diversely ⬩ differently
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Variously, diversely, differently Ðeáh hé hié mannum missenlíce dǽle, Blickl. Homl. 39, 18: Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 6; Vy. 64: 79 b; Th. 299, 18; Crä. 104
mód-leóf
Dear to the heart ⬩ beloved
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Dear to the heart, beloved Fæder lǽrde módleófne mágan, Exon. 80a; Th. 301, 32: Fä. 28
mynster-líce
Monastically ⬩ in a manner suitable to a monastery
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Monastically, in a manner suitable to a monastery Riht is ðæt mynecena mynsterlíce macian ( act in accordance with monastic rules), L. I. P. 15; Th. i. 322, 32. Hé æþele mynster getimbrede. Ðá hé ðá ðæt hæfde mynsterlíce ge þeáwlíce gesett, Bd. 3, 19