lífan
to remain
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to remain
lísan
To loosen ⬩ release ⬩ redeem ⬩ deliver
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To loosen, release, redeem, deliver Mín sáwl ða ðú sylf lýsdest anima mea, quam redemisti, Ps. Th. 70, 21. Se sylfa cyning mid síne líchoman lýsde of firenum, Exon. 25 b; Th. 74, 22; Cri. 1210. Gif hé ða hand lésan [álýsan, MS. H; lýsan, MS. B.] wille
lítan
to bend ⬩ incline
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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
líxan
To shine ⬩ glitter ⬩ gleam
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To shine, glitter, gleam Seó reádnes ðære rósan líxeþ on ðé, and seó hwítnes ðære lilian scíneþ on ðé, Blickl. Homl. 7, 30. Móna líxeþ, Exon. 18 a; Th. 44, 6; Cri. 698. Ðæt nebb líxeþ swá glæs oððe gim the beak glitters like glass or gem, 60 a; Th. 218
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líman
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To emit rays, beam, shine ꝥ ꝥ leóht þe þǽr lýmde betweoh þám þýstrum wæs beorhtre þonne dæges leóht ut diem vinceret lux ilia quae inter tenebras radiasset, Gr. D. 171, 5
lícan
to please
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to please Ne lícaþ him ðeáh his earfoþu his troubles do not please him, Ps. Th. 40, 1. Wel lícaþ Drihtne ða ðe hine him ondrǽdaþ beneplacitum est Domino super timentes eum, 146, 12
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lífan
allow ⬩ permit
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To give leave, allow, permit Ða feówer ic eów lýfe tó sǽde and tó mete quatuor reliquas permitto vobis in sementem et in cibum, Gen. 47, 24. Ic ðé selfes dóm lífe I allow you to decide, Cd. 91; Th. 115, 7; Gen. 1916. Moyses lýfde eów eówer wíf tó forlǽtenne
lífan
To believe
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To believe Ðá lýfde Simplicus and fulwihte onféng, Shrn. 146, 18. Ða dysegan men ðe ðysum drýcræftum lýfdon. Bt. Met. Fox 26, 197; Met. 26, 99. Swá is tó lýfenne ðæt ... Blickl. Homl. 11, 12
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úre Hǽlend lýfde ꝥ mann his lífe gebeorge, Hml. S. 5, 322. Hý lýfdon ðe þǽr ofer wǽron lytlingum heora Add: —
lísan
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Lýs þíne synna mid ælmessum on þearfena gemiltsunge (peccata tua eleemosynis redime, et iniquitates tuas misericordiis pauperum, Dan. 4, 24), Ll. Th. ii. 434, 25. [v. N. JS. D. leese.] Add: —
líxan
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Lixte fulminavit (v. Ald. 61, 35), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 43. Gemétte hé .xii. mancessas, and þá wǽron swá líxende (scínende, v. l. fidgentes) Add: —
lín
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Liin manitergium, Txts. 76, 634. Lín, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 42. Hí befealdan hí mid líne uoluant crucem sindone, Angl. xiii. 421, 808. Hé onféng líne (linteum) and hine mid begyrde, Hml. A. 155, 92, 103. [v. N. E. D. line.] Add: —
lín
Flax ⬩ linen
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Flax, linen, something made of linen Flæx ł lín linum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 20. Lín manitergium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 44. Besweópun hine mið líne ligaverunt eum linteis, Jn. Skt. Rush. 19, 40. Mið ðý onféng ðæt lín cum accepisset linteum, 13, 4. Bohte lín
líðan
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to suffer loss[?] Beám sceal leáfum líðan a tree must lose its leaves, Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 34; Gn. Ex. 26. [Cf. (?) O. H. Ger. lídan to suffer.]
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
líðan
to assuage ⬩ mitigate ⬩ soften
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to assuage, mitigate, soften Ðæt se hié líðe and hǽle foveantur sananda, Past. 17, 10; Swt. 124, 12
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