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deáþ-lícnes

(n.)

mortality

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mortality, Som. Ben. Lye

deáþlicness

(n.)
Grammar
deáþlicness, e; f.
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Substitute: Mortality. liability to death Þonne se móna wanað, þonne tácnað hé úre deáþlicnesse, Bl. H. 17, 24. mortal life, this world Tó þínre mildheortnesse becuman of þisse deáðlicnesse, Angl. xii. 509, 19

deáþlicness

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deáþlíce

(adv.)

Similar entry: un-deáþlíce

un-deáþlícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-deáþlícness, e; f.

Immortality

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Immortality Bið úre deádlíca líchama áwend tó undeáðlícnýsse, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 4

Linked entry: un-deádlícness

un-deáþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-deáþlíce, adv.

Immortally ⬩ to immortality

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Immortally, to immortality Úre Drihten on ðam ðriddan dæge undeáþlíce of deáðe árás, H. R. 5, 24

Linked entry: deáþlíce

deáþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþ-líc, adj.

Deadly, mortal, good and bad angels ⬩ mortālis

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Deadly, mortal, good and bad angels;mortālis Ðis is bísen ðara sóþena gesǽlþa, ðara wilniaþ ealle deáþlíce men to begitanne this is an example of the true goods, which all mortal men desire to obtain, Bt. 24, 2; Fox 80, 30. Híg gesetton hrǽwas oððe ðadeáþlícan

under-lútan

(v.)
Grammar
under-lútan, p. -leát, -luton; pp. -loten

To stoop beneath something in order to raise or support it ⬩ to support ⬩ bear ⬩ submit to

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hwí gé wilnigen ðæt gé underlútan mid eówrum swiran ðæt deáþlícne geoc quid o superbi colla mortali jugo frustra levare gestiunt? Bt. 19; Fox 68, 26. Hwí eów á lyste mid eówrum swiran selfra willum ðæt swǽre gioc underlútan, Met. 10, 20

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.
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Underlútan mid eówrum swiran ðæt deáþlícne geoc, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 26: Met. 10, 19. Ðeáh hé him ðone stíðan swioran (swiran, Hatt. MS.) fortrǽde, Past. 33; Swt. 228, 9.

Linked entries: swira swyra

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Þonne se móna wanaþ, þonne tácnaþ hé úre deáþlícnesse, 17, 24: 19, 14-15, 28-29. Þonne Godes gecorenan becumaþ tó deáðe, ðonne gemétaþ hí yrfwyrdnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 29-30: Exon. Th. 83, 7-10; Cri. 1352.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

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