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wíf-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-lác, es ; n.

Intercourse with women

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Intercourse with women Gif hwá openlíce Lengcten*-*bryce gewyrce . . . þurh wíflác (concubitum, Lat. vers. Cf. qui in Quadrigesima ante Pascha nupserit, .i. annum peniteat, L. Ecg. E. 108; Th. ii. 113, 3. Eác is gesynscipum micel þearf, ðæt hí hig on

cóf-líce

(adv.)

quickly

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quickly Som. Ben. Lye

cóð-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
cóð-líce, adv. [cóða, cóðu a disease]

Badlymiserably malemisere

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Badly, miserably; male, misere Cóðlíce racentan gerǽped miserably bound in chains Bt. Met. Fox 25, 72; Met. 25, 36

on-léc

(n.)
Grammar
on-léc, es; m.

On-look, regard

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On-look, regard Onléce respectu, intuitu, Hpt. Gl. 487, 50

Linked entry: léc

orgel-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
orgel-líce, adv.

Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently

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Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently Hé hine swá orgellíce up áhóf and bodode ðæs ðæt hê úþwita wǽre ne cýðde hé hit mid nánum cræftum ac mid leásum and ofermódlícum gilpe hominem, qui non ad verae virtutis usum, sed ad superbam gloriam falsum

Linked entry: orhlíce

hlísful-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hlísful-líce, adv.

Gloriously

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Gloriously Óswold cyning his cynedðrn geheóld hlísfullíce king Oswald maintained his kingdom gloriously, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 99, 119

hnesc-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hnesc-líce, adv.

Gently, softly, tenderly

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Gently, softly, tenderly Hé his hiéremonna yfelu tó hnesclíce forberan ne sceal subditorum mala tolerari leniter non debent, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 159, 25. Ðonne hé his wambe sua hnesclíce ólecþ dum ventri molliter serviunt, 43, 5; Swt. 313, 12

bær-líce

(adv.)

plainlymanifestlypublicly

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Add:plainly, manifestly, publicly Bærlíce æteáwdon declarant, Mt. p, 7, 4. Bærlíce æteáwas perspicue ostenditur, 10, 8. Bærlíce ðú spreces palam loqueris, Jn. L. 16, 29. Ne on dæge háligum ł bærlíce non in die festo, Mk. L. 14, 2

bærne-lác

Similar entry: berne-lác

fǽmnenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽmnenlic, fǽmnen-lic (fǽmn-); adj.

Virginvirginal

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Virgin, virginal Clǽnnys fǽmnenlicre sáwle puritas virginalis animae, Scint. 69, 13. Of þám fǽmnendlican (fǽmned-, v. l.) líchaman ex virgineo corpore, Gr. D. 288, 15. Ic fǽmnenlicne (fǽmne-, v. l.) innoð gesóhte, Nap. 21. Þone fǽmnlican bósm, Bl. H.

hæbbed-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hæbbed-ness, hæbbendness ? v. hæbbend-lic, e ; f.
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Continence (?), restraint Ꝥ wé ne gefremmon gylta ǽnigne, ac ꝥ þonne se dæg gewít sýn wé clǽne þurh líchaman úres hæbbednysse, Angl. viii. 320, 3

big-leofa

(n.)
Grammar
big-leofa, bí-leofa, an; m. [big, bí for, líf life, leofen living, nourishment].

Food, victuals, nourishmentcibus, victus, alimentumMoney, wagesstips, stipendium

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provision by which life is maintained, Food, victuals, nourishment; cibus, victus, alimentum Ðú nimst witodlíce of eallum mettum ... ðæt híg beón ǽgðer ge ðé ge him to bigleofan tolles igitur ex omnibus escis ... et erunt tam tibi quam illis in cibum

for-logen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-logen, pp. of for-leógan to lie.

lied greatly

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lied greatly, Lupi Serm. 1, 12; Hick. Thes. ii. 102, 41;

Linked entries: -logen for-leógan

líðan

(v.)

to assuagemitigatesoften

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to assuage, mitigate, soften Ðæt se hié líðe and hǽle foveantur sananda, Past. 17, 10; Swt. 124, 12

én

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
én, = ǽn=án- one, as, — ǽn-líc, q. v. = án-líc; én-wintre one winter, q. v. én-líc = án-líc, q. v; én-lípig = án-lípig, q. v.

appel-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
appel-leáf, es; n. [lit. apple-leaf]

A violetviolaviola odorata

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A violet; viola, viola odorata, Harl. Gl. 978

Linked entry: æppel-leáf

lyre

(n.)
Grammar
lyre, es; m.

Lossdamagedestructiondetriment

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Ná beóþ ða eádige ðe for hýnþum oððe lirum hwílwendlícra hyðða heófiaþ, Homl. Th. i. 550, 28

be-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-licgan, he -ligeþ, -líþ, pl. -licgaþ; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon, ; pp. -legen; v. a. [be by, licgan to lie]

To lie or extend by or aboutto surroundencompasscircumdarecingere

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To lie or extend by or about, to surround, encompass; circumdare, cingere Hí belicgaþ us mid fyrde circumdabunt nos exercitu Jos. 7, 9. Sió eá Etheopia land beligeþ úton the river encompasseth the Ethiopian land Cd. 12; Th. 15, 7; Gen. 229.

Linked entries: be-ligeþ be-líþ

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht; adj.

Lightbrightcheerfulshiningclear

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Léht (líht, Rush.) biþ all líchoma ðín lucidum erit totum corpus tuum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 23. Bebod drihtnes leóht præceptum dominum purum, Ps. Spl. C. 18, 9.

lifen

(n.)
Grammar
lifen, leofen, e; f.

supportsustenance

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That by which one lives, support, sustenance Libn vicatum [ = victum ], Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 51; Ep. Gl. 28 b, 17. Lífes tó leofne for the support of life, Andr. Kmbl. 2247; An. 1125

Linked entries: leofen libn