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gæst-líðnes

(n.)
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gæst-líðnes, gest-líðnes, giest-líðnys, -nyss, e; f.

Hospitablenesshospitalityentertainment of guestshospĭtālĭtas

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Hospitableness, hospitality, entertainment of guests; hospĭtālĭtas We willaþ eów on gæstlíðnesse onfón we will receive you in hospitality, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 15. Ðætte ælþeódige bisceopas sýn þoncfulle heora gæstlíðnesse and feorme ut episcŏpi peregrīni

líþend

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líð-ness

(n.)
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líð-ness, e; f.

Softnessgentlenessmildnesslenitykindness

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Softness, gentleness, mildness, lenity, kindness Hí sind gesewene mid líðnysse ac heora líðnys is sóðlíce ásolcennys they appear with gentleness, but their gentleness is really sluggishness, Homl. Th. ii. 46, 11. On lígette is óga and on snáwe líðnyss

liþe

(adv.)
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liþe, adv.
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Gently. Sé þe hit geþyldlíce ábereð, God líðe hé áwácað tó him qui aduersa patienter tolerat, Deum citius placat, Verc. Först. 126, 6

-líþe

(suffix)

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líþe

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Ðæt hé him sié liéðe (lide, v. l. ), Past. 125, 23. Líþe blandus, lenis, líþe, swǽs blanda, jocunda, líþum vel swétwyrdum blandis sermonibus, lenis verbis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 1-4. Sprecende mid líðum wordum (líðre spríéce, v. l.) blando sermone alloquens

cum-líþness

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Add: hospitality Ꝥ hé lufige cumlíðnysse, and nánum cuman ne forbeóde ꝥ hé ne móte on his húse gerestan, for ðan ðe manega Gode gelícodon þurh ꝥ ꝥ hí cuman onféngon, Hml. A. 147, 83: Ll. Th. ii. 422, 13. a living as a guest, sojourn Mon meahte his líf

wǽg-líþend

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-líþend, es; m.: -líþende; ptcpl.

A sea-farersea-faring

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A sea-farer; sea-faring Wénaþ wǽglíþende, ðæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten, Exon. Th. 360, 26; Wal. 11. Ne móston wǽglíðendum wætres brógan hrínon, ac hié God nerede, Cd. Th. 84, 9; Gen. 1395: Beo. Th. 6297; B. 3159. Hæleð langode, wǽglíþende, hwonne

for-liþen

Similar entry: for-liden

scip-líþend

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scip-líþend, scip-líþende.
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On sǽ bið þæt sciplíðendra cwalm swá mycel, ꝥ nænig man ne wát tó secganne ne nǽnigum eorðcyninge be ðám sciplíðendum illo tempore navium adcessio erit in pelago, ut nemo nemini novum referrat regi terrę, Verc. Först. 119, 15. Hí sóhton betwux sciplíþende

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cum-líþe

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Beón manþwǽre and cumlíþe esse mansueti et hospitales, Ll. Th. ii. 224, 26. Ꝥ mæssepreóst his hýremen lǽre ꝥ hig cumlýðe sýen, and nǽnegum farendum men hyra húsa ne wyrnen, 422, 6. Beón wé ǽfre cumlíðe; úre sáwel bið Crístes cuma on dómes dæge, Wlfst.

gist-líþe

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líþ-ness

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Heó heóld on hyre þeáwum hálige drohtnunge þurh módes líþnesse, Hml. S. 2, 96. Líðnysse lenocinio (the English word seems to be a gloss to the phrase blandimentorum lenocinio, rather than to the single word.

liþe-bíge

Similar entry: leoþu-bíge

liþe-wác

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
liþe-wác, liþewǽcan.

Similar entry: leoþu-wác

un-líþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-líþe, adj.

Ungentleharshseverecruel

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Ungentle, harsh, severe, cruel Ðé tó heortan hearde gripeþ ádl unlíðe, Cd. Th. 57, 32; Gen. 937. Geliðewáca ðisne unlíðan cyle, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 192. Scearpnyssa beóð áwende tó sméðum wegum, ðonne ða yrsigendan mód and unlíðe gecyrraþ tó manðwǽrnysse

freónd-líþe

(adj.)
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freónd-líþe, adj.
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Gentle with friends or relations Gif hé bið on .xxix. nihta ealdne mónan ákenned, se bið gód and freóndlíþe, Lch. iii. 158, 19. v. E.S. 39, 340

líþe-lic

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Mid líðelicre ólicunga blandimento, Past. 183, 19. Hit bið mid ðǽre líðelican manunga áredod . . . hine mon sleá mid líðe-licre andsuare, 297, 17-22. Add

meolc-líþe

(adj.)
Grammar
meolc-líþe, adj.
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Soft as milk, gentle Fram þám þe weg cynelicne beboda Drihtnes búton gylpes leahtre mealclíþe eádmódlíce stæppeð ab his qui uiam regiam mandatorum Domini absque iactantis uitio lactei humiliter incedunt, Angl. xiii. 369, 49

cum-líþe

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Wé sýn gemingode ꝥ wé cumlíðe beón instruimur in colligendis hospitibus, Chrd. 51, 6. Add