los
Loss ⬩ destruction
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Loss, destruction Ða þing tó lose wurdon ðe on ðam scipe wǽron perditis his quæ in navi erant rebus, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 20. Ðonne gé tó lose [Cott. MSS. lore] weorþaþ in interitu vestro, Past. 36, 1; Swt. 249, 1.
Linked entry: lor
los-wist
Hurt ⬩ loss ⬩ destruction ⬩ waste
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Hurt, loss, destruction, waste Tó huon losuist ðíós smirinisse áworden wæs quid perditio ista ungenti facta est, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 4. Loswist [losewest, Rush.] walana deceptio divitiarum, 4, 19.
los-wist
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This word is taken out of its order between los and lose
loc
A lock ⬩ bolt ⬩ bar ⬩ enclosure ⬩ fold ⬩ A close ⬩ conclusion ⬩ settlement
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A lock, bolt, bar, that by which anything is closed, an enclosed place, enclosure, fold. Loc clausura, Wrt. Voc. 81, 17. Locc mandra vel ovile, 23, 55. Loc caula, 85, 73. Gáta loc titula, 288, 20. Loce ł fæstene clustello, Hpt. Gl. 527, 72.
Linked entry: loca
lof
Praise ⬩ glory ⬩ hymn
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Wé cweþaþ lof ymb hié, Blickl. Homl. 149, 32. Drihtnes lof singende, 231, 9. Lof secgean, Ps. Th. 106, 31. Eall folc Gode lof sealde, Lk. Skt. 18, 43.
lóc
look ⬩ see ⬩ however
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Þreá hig lóca hú ðú wylle punish her, look you, as you will, Gen. 16, 6. Ðú hæfst ðæt feoh mid ðé, gefada embe, lóca, hú ðú wylle, Homl. Skt. 3, 285 : 4, 262. Hí férdon lóc [MSS.
Linked entry: LÓCIAN
lot
Deceit ⬩ guile ⬩ fraud ⬩ craft ⬩ cunning
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Mid his lote bewunden encompassed with his deceit, Past. 35, 3; Swt. 243, 1: 46, 3; Swt. 347, 19. Þurh ðara scuccena lot daemonum solertia, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 220, 14 note
lox
A lynx
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A lynx Lox linx, Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 14; Wrt. Voc. 22, 55. Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre ðæt mihte ǽlc wuht þurhseón ge treówa ge furþum stánas; ðæt deór wé hátaþ lox, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 22
lóh
A place ⬩ stead
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A place, stead Gehádode Tobias on his lóh (on his steall, two other MSS), Chr. 693; Thorpe 67, 9 col. 3
lóf
hand ⬩ the palm of the hand
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Hæfde sigora weard on ðam wangstede wǽre betolden leófne leódfruman mid lófe sínum, Andr. Kmbl. 1978; An. 991, Grimm A. u. E. 989 would translate 'lóf' hand, comparing Goth. lófa : Icel. lófi (Scott. loof) the palm of the hand.
clústor-loc
A prison-lock, lock, bar ⬩ claustellum, claustrum
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A prison-lock, lock, bar; claustellum, claustrum Clústor-loca [MS. -locæ] claustella, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 156, 2. Clúster-loc claustellum, Cot. 34: claustrum, 181
lor
Loss ⬩ destruction
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Loss, destruction Ðæt tó lore weorþe án ðíne lioma ut pereat unum membrorum tuorum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 29: 9, 17: l0, 6.
lóf
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A fillet, band Wrǽdas, cyne-wiþþan, lófas ( the MS. has the accent) redimicula, An. Ox. 5241
ló
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a strap, v. mǽst-, sceaft-ló; lóh-sceaft
Linked entry: loh-sceaft
lor
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D. lore.] Add: —
lof
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Hí Críst heriað and him lof lǽdað, Hy. 7, 25: An. 1479. Crístes lof rǽran, Cri. 1689: Jul. 48. Hé Dryhtnes lof reahte and rǽrde, Gú. 130. Lof Drihti. es wyrcean.
loc
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Add: a bolt, lock Hé beleác ꝥ wínern and ásette his ágen insegl on ꝥ loc, Gr. D. 59, 6. Hæpsan, loca clustella (arcarum reserantur), An. Ox. 4003. Wurdon lanes dura fæste betýned, and his loca rustega. Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 21.
Linked entry: helle-loc
lóc
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Ac lóca nú hwæþer ðú wille . . . sed visne . . . 35, 5 ; F. 162, 30. forming indefinite relatives Lóca hwylce concurrentes beón, Angl. viii. 302, 23. Lóca hwylce hig beóð, 304, 46. Lóca hwæt þǽr ofer sý, 300, 34, 36. Loca hú God wylle, Hml.
log
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The alliterative phrase ' land and lögr' is common in Icelandic, so perhaps loge shows Scandinavian influence and is the same as English lage (< lagu, q. v. ), or it may be from a nominative log. v. N. E. D. lough.] —