leóf-tǽle
Loving ⬩ dear ⬩ desirable ⬩ estimable ⬩ grateful ⬩ pleasant ⬩ gracious
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Hé is monþwǽre, lufsum and leóftǽl, 96 a; Th. 357, 21; Pa. 32. Óðer biþ unlǽde on eorþan óðer biþ eádig swíðe leóftǽle mid leóda duguþum one will be miserable on earth, the other fortunate, high in favour with the best of men, Salm.
Linked entry: -tǽl
cyst
choice, election ⬩ optio, electio ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ excellence, virtue, munificence, goodness ⬩ præstantia, virtus, largitas, bonitas
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Seó gitsung gedéþ gitseras láðe, and ða cysta gedóþ ða leóftǽle covetousness makes misers loathsome, and munificence makes them estimable, Bt. 13; Fox 38,16.
Linked entry: wyn
slítan
To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break
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Nán cræft nis Gode deórwyrðra ðonne sió lufu ne eft ðæm deófle nán cræft leóftǽlra ðonne hié mon slíte nihil pretiosius est Deo virtute dilectionis, nil est desiderabilius diabolo extinctione caritatis Past. 47, 2; Swt. 359, 24.