A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students
Chapter 37
lauwer, lawer = laur
lāwerce (ǣ) f. ‘_lark_,’ _WW_; Mdf.
lēa I. (#VPs#) = lēo. II. gdas. of lēah.
lēac I. (ǣ, ē, ēo) n. _‘leek,’ onion, garlic garden-herb_, _Lcd_; Æ. II. pret. 3 sg. of lūcan.
lēac- = lēah-
lēacblæd n. _leek leaf_, NC 305.
lēaccærse (e^2) f., _cress, nasturtium_, #Lcd#.
leac-trog, -troc, -tric = leahtroc
lēactūn (lēah-, lēh-) m. _kitchen-garden, garden of herbs_, _LkL, WW_. [‘_leighton_’]
lēactūnweard (ē^1) m. _gardener_, _WW_ 127^14. [‘_leightonward_’]
lēacweard (e^1, o^2) m. _gardener_.
lēad (ē) n. ‘_lead_,’ _BH_; Æ, CP: _leaden vessel, cauldron_, _A_ 9·264.
lēaden (ē) ‘_leaden_,’ _Æ, LL_.
lēadgedelf n. _lead-mine_, KC 3·401^7.
lēadgeota (o) m. _plumber_, LL 455[16].
lēadgewiht n. _lead-weight, a scale of weight_, v. CC 77.
lēadstæf m. _loaded stick for beating with_, WW 441^20.
lēaf (ī) I. (±) f. _‘leave,’ permission, privilege_, _BH, Chr_; Æ, CP. II. n. _‘leaf,’ shoot_, pl. _foliage_, _MtL_ (ēo), _VPs_; Æ: _sheet of paper_, _BH_.
±lēafa m. _belief, faith_, _Æ, Mt_; AO. [‘_leve_’; _Ger._ glaube]
±lēafe (ǣ) f. _leave, permission, licence_, Æ.
±lēafful _believing_, _JnR_: _faithful, trustworthy_, _MtL_. [‘_leafful_’] adv. -līce.
+lēaffulnes f. _faith, trust, faithfulness_, Æ.
lēafhelmig _leafy at the top_, GPH 390.
±lēafhlystend (e) m. _believing listener, catechumen_, OEG.
+lēaflēas _unbelieving_, Æ.
+lēaflēasnes f. _unbelief_, W 294^2.
+lēaf-lēast, -lȳst f. _unbelief_, Æ.
lēafleoht _light, easy_, RB 5^19.
+lēaflic _credible, faithful_, Æ. adv. -līce.
lēafnes (ē, ȳ) f. _leave, permission_, BH.
+lēafnesword n. _password_, B 245.
lēafscead n. _leafy shade_, #Ph# 205.
+lēafsum _believing, faithful_: _credible_.
lēafwyrm (i^2) m. _caterpillar_, #ASPs# 77^51.
lēag I. (ē) f. _‘lye,’ alkalized water_, _Ep, Lcd_. II. = lēah I. III. pret. 3 sg. of lēogan.
lēagung f. _lying_, #Nar# 2^21. [lēogan]
lēah I. lēage (#Chr#) m. _piece of ground_, _‘lea,’ meadow_, _BC_; Mdf. II. = lēag I. and III.
leahte pret. 3 sg. of leccan.
leahter == leahtor
leahtor (e^1) m. _vice, sin, offence, crime, fault_, Æ, CP: _reproach_: _disease, injury_, #Lcd#.
leahtorbēre _laughable, causing laughter_, RB 18^8. [hleahtor]
leahtorcwide m. _opprobrious speech_, #Jul# 199.
leahtorful (e^1, e^2) _vicious, seductive_.
leahtorlēas _faultless, blameless_.
leahtorlīce _foully, wickedly_, Æ.
-leahtorwyrðe v. un-l.
leahtras nap. of leahtor.
leahtrian (e) _to accuse, revile, reprove, blame_, _Æ_; AO, CP: _corrupt_. [‘_lehtrie_’]
leah-troc, -tric, -trog m. _lettuce_. [_L._ lactuca]
lēahtrung (ē) f. _blaming, detraction_, WW 150^1.
lēahtūn = lēactūn
lēan I. n. _reward, gift, loan, compensation, remuneration, retribution_, _B, Mt_; Æ. [‘_lean_’; _Ger._ lohn] II. sv^6 (pret. 3 sg. lōg, lōh) and wv. _to blame, censure, reproach_, AO, CP.
lēangyfa m. _rewarder_, #Lcd# 3·436^23.
±lēanian (ǣ) _to reward, recompense, repay, requite_, Æ, CP. [_Ger._ lohnen]
lēap m. _basket_, _W_: _basket for catching or keeping fish_, _WW_: _measure_: _trunk (body)_, #Jud# 111. [‘_leap_’]
lēas I. adj. (w. g.) _without, free from, devoid of, bereft of_: (±) _false, faithless_: _untruthful, deceitful_, _WW_; Æ: _vain, worthless_. II. n. _falsehood, lying_, _Bo_; CP. [‘_lease_’]
lēasbrēd (-bregd) I. _lying, false, deceitful_, Æ. II. m. _cheating, trickery_.
lēasbrēda m. _trickster_, ES 43·306.
lēasbrēdende _wily, deceitful_, #ÆGr# 286^6.
lēasbrēdnes f. _deception, falsehood_.
lēasbregd == lēasbrēd
lēascræft m. _false art_, Æ.
lēasere m. _liar, hypocrite_, _MtL_: _buffoon, mime, jester, fool_. [‘_leaser_’]
lēasest (_MtL_) = lǣst I.
lēasettan _to pretend_, Æ, RB.
lēas-ferhð, -fyrhð, _false_, NC 305.
lēasferðnes f. _levity, folly_, CP.
lēasfyrhte = lēasferhð
lēasgewitnes f. _false witness_, Æ.
lēasgielp m. _vainglory_, CP.
lēasian _to lie_, _Ps_. [‘_lease_’]
lēaslic _false, deceitful, sham, empty_, Æ, CP. adv. -līce, Æ, CP.
lēaslīccettan _to dissemble_, WW 388^33.
lēaslīcettung f. _dissimulation_.
lēasmōdnes f. _instability_, CP 308^6.
lēasnes f. _lying_: _levity_, BH 322^23.
lēasōleccan _to blandish, flatter_, GD 34^27.
lēasōlecung f. _empty blandishment_, WW 430^21.
lēassagol (u^3) _lying, false_, Æ.
lēasscēawere m. _spy_, B 253.
lēasspell n. _lie, fiction, fable_.
lēasspellung f. _empty talk_, AO.
lēassponung f. _allurement_, WW 452^3.
lēast = lāst
lēast- = læst-
lēastyhtan _to cajole_, WW 431^4.
lēastyhtung f. _cajolery_, WW 430^21.
lēasuht (= wiht?) _enticer, seducer_, OEG 4014
lēasung f. _‘leasing,’ lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice_, _JnL_: _a lie_, _Ps_: _empty talk, frivolity_.
lēasungspell n. _idle tale_, AO 40^8.
lēat pret. 3 sg. of lūtan.
leatian = latian
+leaðian = +laðian
lēaðor n. _soap, soda_, _Lcd, WW_. [‘_lather_’]
lēaðorwyrt (lēoðo-) f. _soap-wort_? #Lcd# 16a.
lēawede = lǣwede
lēawfinger m. _index-finger, forefinger_, #PPs# 72^11.
leax m. _salmon_, _Cp_ (æ), _Met, WW_ (e); ÆL. [‘_lax_’]
leb- = lef-, læf-
lec = hlec
+lec pret. 3 sg. of +lacan.
lēc I. m. _look, regard_, Æ; A 11·118^50. II. = lēac I. and II.
+lecc- = +læcc-
leccan pret. 3 sg. leahte, le(o)hte _to water, irrigate, wet, moisten, slake_, CP. [cp. _Ger._ lechzen]
leccing f. _irrigation, watering_, _WW (KGl)_. [‘_leaching_’]
lēce == lǣce
lēcetere (#KGl# 65^29) = līcettere
±lecgan _to ‘lay,’ put, place, deposit, set_, _Æ, Gen, Lcd, MtL, Rd_; CP. l. on (w. d.) _put upon, charge with_, _Chr, Gu_; CP: _bury_, Jn: _put before, submit_, _Æ_: _betake oneself, go_. lāstas l. _go, journey_. on lāst l. _follow_: _lay (egg)_, _Lcd_: _prostrate, cast down, lay low, kill_, _Bo, Lk, LL_. [causative of licgan]
lēciwyrt (Cp) = lǣcewyrt
lēcnian (NG) = lācnian
lectric = leahtroc
lēctūn- = lēahtūn-
lecða m. ‘_sentina_,’ #Gl#, WW.
lēd = lēad
lēdan = lǣdan
lēde = legde, pret. 3 sg. of lecgan.
lēden == lǣden, lēaden
lēf I. (ī) _feeble, infirm, weak, injured_. II. = lēaf
lēf- = lēaf-
lēfan = (1) līefan; (2) lǣfan
+lēfed _weak, sickly, aged_.
lefel, lefil = læfel
+lēfenscipe m. _justification_, JnL 15^22.
lēfmon m. _sick person_, #GnE# 45.
left (K; ?= lyft*) ‘_inanis_,’ QF 1^443.
lēft (#SPs#) = lēst, lǣst
lēfung f. _paralysis_, ÆH 2·486^18.
leg (= læg) pret. 3 sg. of licgan.
lēg = (1) līeg; (2) lēah
lēg- = līg-, lēog-
lēga (A) = lǣwa
legde pret. 3 sg. of lecgan.
+lege f? _lair, bed_, Mdf.
lēgelēoht n. _light (of flame)_, MFH 168.
legen pp. of licgan.
leger n. _lying, illness_, _AO, B_; Æ: _‘lair,’ couch, bed_, _Wif_: _grave_, _LL_; Æ. clǣne legere _consecrated grave_. on līfe ge on legere _in life and in death_, LL. [licgan]
legerbǣre _sick, ill_, TC 611^20.
legerbedd n. _bed, sick bed_, Æ: _bed of death, grave_.
+legered _confined to bed_, Æ.
legerfæst _sick, ill_, RB 64^7.
+legergield n. ‘_lupercalia_,’ WW 437^14.
legerstōw f. _burial place_, Æ.
legertēam m. _cohabitation, marriage_.
legerwīte fm. _fine for unlawful cohabitation_, _LL_. [‘_lairwite_’]
lēges = lēages gs. of lēah.
legeð pres. 3 sg. of lecgan.
legie f. _legion_, AO. [_L._]
-legu v. ealdor-l.
leh- = leah-
lēh = lēah
lēh- = lēac-
lēhnan = lȳgnian [[headword spelled “lygnian”]]
lēht == lēoht
lehtan = lihtan [[headword spelled “līhtan”]]
lehte pret. 3 sg. of leccan.
lehtor = leahtor
lēl (#KGl#) = lǣl
leloðre f. _silverweed_? #Gl#.
lemb = lamb
lēmen (#KGl# 82^40) = lǣmen
±lemian (æ) _to subdue_, CP 303^11: _lame, disable_, B 905.
lempedu f. _lamprey_, _WW_ 438^17. [‘_limpet_’; lampreda]
lemphealt _limping_, _Gl, WW_. [‘_limphalt_’]
lēnan (#KGl#) = lǣnan
lencten (æ) I. m. _springtime_, _A, Lcd_; Æ: _the fast of Lent_, W. II. adj. _pertaining to Lent_, _A, RB_ (æ). [‘_lenten_’]
lenctenādl f. _spring fever, tertian ague_.
lenctenbere m. _Lent barley_, ANS 84^326.
lenctenbryce m. _breach of the Lenten fast_, LL 344[47].
lenctendæg m. _day of Lent_.
lenctenerðe f. _land ploughed in spring_, WW 105^7. [eorðe]
lenctenfæsten n. _Lent_, Æ.
lenctenhǣto f. _heat of spring_, AO 102^6?
lenctenlic _of spring, vernal_, Æ: _lenten_, Æ.
lenctenlifen f. _Lenten fare_, NC 306.
lenctensufel (længt-) n. _Lent food_, LL 450[9].
lenctentīd f. _spring, Lent_, Æ.
lenctentīma m. _spring_, OEG 3837.
lenctenwuce f. _a week in Lent_.
lenctin- = lencten-
+lend I. _furnished with land (by the lord)_, LL 448´. II. = +lynd
+lenda m. _one rich in land_, OEG 3154.
lendan _to land, arrive_, _Chr_; Æ, AO, CP: (+) _endow with land_, Æ. [‘_lend_’; land]
lende- = lenden-
lendenbān n. _loin-bone_, _WW_ 159^13. [‘_lendbone_’]
lenden-brǣde, -brēde f. _loin_.
lendensīd _reaching to the loins_, NC 306.
lendenu (æ) np. _loins, reins_, _Mt, WW_; Æ. [‘_lend_’; _Ger._ lenden]
lendenwyrc m. _a disease of the kidneys_, WW 113^12. [wærc]
-lendisc v. dūn-, ūp-, ūre-, ūt-l.
lēne = lǣne
leng I. (æ) f. _length, height_, Æ. II. adv. (comp. of lange) _longer_, _Æ, Lk_. [‘_leng_’]
±lengan _to lengthen, prolong, protract, delay_, _Da_: _extend, reach, attain_: _belong_. [‘_leng_’]
lengcten- = lencten-
lenge (æ) I. adj. (±) _belonging, related_: _near (of time)_, B 83. II. v. lange.
+lenge _belonging to, related to_, Æ: _addicted to_.
lengest (_Chr, Mk_) superl. of lang, lange. [‘_lengest_’]
lengfære _more durable_, ANS 119·435.
lengian (impers. w. a.) _to long for, ask for_, #Sol# 270 (GK).
lenglīfra comp. of langlīfe.
lengo = lengu
lengra (_BH_) comp. of lang. [‘_lenger_’]
lengten == lencten
lengtogra comp. adj. _drawn out farther, more prolix_, #Sc# 161^18.
lengðu f. ‘_length_,’ _AO_ 144^1.
lengu f. _length_, _Bo, BH_: _height_, _Sol_. [‘_lengh_’]
lent f. _lentil_, #Gl#. [_L._ lentem]
lenten = lencten
lēo mf. gdas. lēon, also ds. lēone, lēonan, asf. lēo, and dp. lēonum _‘lion,’ lioness_, _AO_, Æ. [_L._]
lēoc (WW 283^21) = lēac
lēod I. m. _man_, LL 14[25]: ‘wergeld’ _for manslaughter_, LL (= lēodgeld): (+) _fellow-countryman, compatriot_: (†) _chief, prince, king_, _B_. [‘_lede_’] II. f. (usu. in pl. lēode) _people, nation_, _B, Bl_; Æ, AO. [‘_lede_’]
leoda = lida
lēoda I. = +lēod I. II. (LWS) = lēode
lēodan^2 _to spring up, grow_: _spring from_.
lēodbealu † n. _calamity to a people_.
lēodbisceop m. _suffragan bishop, provincial_, Æ.
lēodburg † f. _town_.
lēodbygen f. _sale of one’s compatriots, slave-traffic_, LL 20[11Ld] (v. 2·133).
lēodcyning m. _king, ruler_, B 54.
lēode fp. _men, people, country_, _B, Lk_; AO (v. lēod).
lēoden = lȳden
lēodfruma † m. _prince, patriarch, chief_.
lēodgeard † m. _country_.
lēodgebyrga † m. _lord, protector, prince, king_.
lēodgeld n. ‘wergeld’ _for manslaughter_, LL.
lēodgeðincð f. _order, rank_, LL.
lēodgewinn n. _strife_, #Jul# 201.
lēodgota = lēadgeota
lēodgryre m. _general terror_, #Sol# 278.
lēodhata m. _persecutor, tyrant_, GD.
lēodhete † m. _popular hatred, hostility_.
lēodhryre † m. _fall of a prince_ (_or nation_?), B 2030, 2391.
lēodhwæt _very valiant_, #El# 11.
-lēodisc v. ðider-l.
lēodmǣg † m. _relative, comrade_.
lēodmægen † n. _might of the people, host power, virtue_.
lēodmearc † f. _domain, country_.
lēodrǣden f. _country, region_, GD 204^23.
lēodriht n. _law of the land_.
lēodrūne f. _pythoness, sorceress_.
lēodscearu f. _tribe, nation_, #Ex# 337.
lēodsceaða † m. _public enemy_.
lēodscipe m. _nation, people_, Æ: _country, region_.
lēodstefn m. _race, tribe_, #PPs# 82^7.
lēodðēaw m. _popular usage_.
lēodweard † f. _government_.
lēodweras † mp. _men, human beings_.
lēodwerod n. _host of people_, #Ex# 77.
lēodwita m. _wise man, elder, chief_, LL 456.
lēodwynn f. _home joy_, †Hy 4^89.
lēodwyrhta = lēoðwyrhta
lēof I. adj. _dear, valued, beloved, pleasant, agreeable_, _Æ, B, Chr, CP_. II. m. _beloved one, friend_: (in addressing persons) _sir! sire! Æ, EC_: _impure companion_, GPH 394. [‘_lief_’]
leofen = lifen
leofian (_Bl_) = libban
lēofian _to be or become dear_, #Gu# 110.
lēoflic _dear, lovable, pleasant, beautiful, delightful_, _B_: _precious, valued_. adv. -līce _lovingly, kindly, gladly, willingly_, _BH_. [‘_liefly_’]
lēofspell n. _good news_, #El# 1017.
lēof-tǣl, -tǣle _kind, lovable, loving, dear, grateful, agreeable_, CP.
lēofwende _kind, loving, gracious, acceptable, estimable, agreeable_.
lēofwendum _ardently_.
±lēogan^2 _to ‘lie,’_ _Bl, WW_: (w. d.) _deceive, belie, betray_, Æ, CP: _be in error_, #ÆGr#.
lēogere (e^1, o^2) m. _‘liar,’ false witness_, _W, MtL_; Æ: _hypocrite_, MkL 7^6.
lēoht (ē, ī) I. _‘light,’ not heavy_, _AO, BH, Rd_; CP: _slight, easy, trifling, inconsiderable_, _CP, Mt, Lcd_: _quick, agile_, _Ph_: _gentle_, _Wid_. II. n. _‘light,’ daylight_, _Æ, B, Bl, Chr, G, Ps, W_: _power of vision_, _Bl_: _luminary_, _Lcd_. III. _luminous, bright_, _‘light,’ clear, resplendent, beautiful_, _BH, Lcd, VPs_; AO, CP.
lēohtan = līhtan
lēohtbǣre _brilliant, luminous_.
lēohtbēamede _bright-shining_, ÆH 1·610.
lēohtberend m. _light-bearer, Lucifer_, Æ.
lēohtberende _light-bearing, luminous_, Æ.
lēohtbora m. _light-bearer_, LV 36.
lēohtbrǣdnes f. _levity, frivolity, wantonness_.
leohte = lehte, pret. 3 sg. of leccan.
lēohte I. adv. _lightly, easily, comfortably_, _BH_. [‘_light_’] II. adv. _brightly, clearly, brilliantly_, _Bl, Cr_. [‘_light_’]
lēoht-fæt n. nap. -fatu _lantern, torch, lamp, light_, Æ, CP.
lēohtfætels m. _lamp_, #LPs# 17^29.
lēohtfruma † m. _source of light_.
lēoht-gesceot, -gescot n. _payment for providing lights in church_.
lēohtian I. _to be lightened, relieved_. II. _to become light, dawn_, CM 474: (†) _give light, illuminate_.
lēohting = līhting
lēohtīsern (ē^1, NG) n. _candlestick_.
lēohtlēas _devoid of light, dark_, _Æ_. [‘_lightless_’]
lēohtlic I. _light, of little weight or importance_, Æ, CP. adv. -līce _lightly, slightly_, _BH, Lcd_: _inconsiderately_: _easily, quickly_: _gently, softly, slowly_, _CP_; Æ. [‘_lightly_’] II. _bright, radiant_, _Rd_.
leohtmōd _easy-going_, #GnE# 86.
leohtmōdnes f. _levity, inconstancy, frivolity_, CP.
lēohtsāwend _author of light_, GPH 389^2.
lēohtscēawigend _light-seeing_, WW 434^20.
lēohtsceot = lēohtgesceot
lēohtwyrhta = lēoðwyrhta
leolc pret. 3 sg. of lācan.
±lēoma m. _ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare_, _B_; Æ: _lightning_.
±lēoman, lēomian? _to shine_, SkED. [[from first edition]]
+lēomod _having rays of light_, #Lcd# 3·272^4.
leomu nap. of lim.
lēon I. (sv^1) _to lend, grant_. [_Ger._ leihen] II. gdas. of lēo.
lēona mf. _lion, lioness_, Æ.
lēonesēað m. _lions’ den_, GD 150^9.
lēonflǣsc n. _lion’s flesh_, _Lcd_ 1·364. [v. ‘_lion_’]
lēonfōt m. _lion’s foot (plant)_.
lēonhwelp m. _lion’s cub_, WW 434^6.
±lēoran (wv., but rare pp. loren) _to go, depart, pass, vanish, die_ (A; v. JAW 44).
±lēorednes f. _departure, transmigration_: _death_, ÆL: _vision_.
lēorende, +lēorendlic _transitory_.
leornan = leornian
leornere m. _‘learner,’ disciple_, Æ, CP: _scholar_, _BH_: _reader_.
lēornes = lēorednes
±leornian _to ‘learn,’ read, study, think about_, _Æ, BH, MkR_; AO, CP.
leorningcild n., leorningcniht (Æ, CP) m. _student, disciple_.
leorningende _teachable_.
leorninghūs n. _school_, WW.
leornung f., ds. leornunga _‘learning,’ reading, study, meditation_, CP; AO.
leornungcræft m. _learning_, #El# 380.
leornungmann m. _learner, disciple (used even of women)_, Æ.
leornungscōl f. _school_, GD 14^6.
leort pret. 3 sg. of lǣtan.
lēosca (ē) m. _groin_.
leoð = leoðu v. lið.
leoð- = lið-
lēoð n. _song, lay, poem_, _B, WW_; Æ, AO. [‘_leoth_’; _Ger._ lied]
lēoðcræft m. _poetic art or skill_: _poem, poetry_, Æ.
lēoðcræftig _skilled in song_, #Deor# 40.
lēoðcwide m. _lay, poem_, AO 120^2.
leoðe- = leoðu-
lēoðgidding f. _lay, song, poem_, #An# 1481.
lēoðian † _to sing, recite_: _sound forth, resound_.
lēoðlic _versified_, ÆH 2·134.
leoðo- = leoðu-
lēoðorūn f. _wise counsel given in song_, #El# 522.
lēoðowyrt = lēaðorwyrt?
lēoðrian = hlēoðrian
lēoðsang m. _song, poem, poetry_, BH.
leoðu I. f. _retinue, following_? #Rim# 14 (GK). II. v. lið.
leoðubend † mf. _chain, fetter, bond_.
leoðucǣge f. _limbs which served as a key_, #Cr# 334.
leoðucræft † m. _skill of hand_.
lēoðucræft = lēoðcræft
leoðucræftig _agile_, #Ph# 268.
leoðufæst _able, skilful_, #Cra# 95.
leoðulic _appertaining to the limbs, bodily_.
leoðusār n. _pain in the limbs_, WW 213^8.
leoðusyrce † f. _corslet_.
leoðuwāc (i) _with supple limbs, flexible, pliant_, _Cra_ 84. [‘_leathwake_’]
leoðuwācian _to mitigate_.
leoðuwācunga (liðe-)? ‘_compeditorum_,’ #EPs# 78^11.
±leoðuwǣcan _to become pliant, be submissive, grow calm, soften_.
lēoðweorc n. _poetry_, WW 188^30.
lēoðwīse f. _verse, poetry_, Æ.
lēoðword n. _a word in a poem_, #An# 1490.
lēoðwrence m. _poem_, A 8·334.
lēoðwyrhta m. _poet_, #ÆGr#.
lēow (ǣu) n. _ham, thigh_.
-lēow (ē, ā) v. mund-l.
leowe f. _league (distance)_, WW 147^22.
lēower pl. of lēow.
lepewince = læpewince
leppan _to feed (a hawk)_, #Wy# 89 (v. ES 37·195).
lēran (#KGl#) = lǣran
lere (#KGl# 83^19) = lyre
lērēow- = lārēow-
lēs- = līes-
lesan^5 _to collect, pick, select, gather, glean_, Æ. [‘_lease_’; _Ger._ lesen]
lēsca = lēosca
-lesende, -lesendlic, -lesung v. ed-l.
lēst = lāst
lesu = lysu
lēsw- = lǣsw-
lēt I. pret. 3 sg. of lǣtan. II. = lǣt pres. 3 sg. of lǣdan. III. = lēat pret. of lūtan.
lētan = lǣtan
lētanīa m. _litany_. [_L._ litania]
letig (#KGl#) = lytig
±lettan (æ) _to ‘let,’ hinder, delay, impede, oppress_, _Æ, Bo, Gu_ (w. g.), _W_; AO, CP.
lettend m. _hinderer_, ES 39·349.
letting (æ) f. _‘letting,’ hindrance, delay_, _RB_; CP.
lēð = lǣð
-leðer v. heals-, weald-l.
leðera = liðera [[under “liðere”]]
leðercodd m. _leather bag_, _WW_ 117^3. [v. ‘_leather_’]
leðeren = leðren
leðerhelm m. _leathern helmet_, WW 142^1.
leðerhose f. _leathern gaiter_, WW.
leðern = leðren
leðerwyrhta m. _leather-maker, tanner, currier_, #Gl#.
lēðr- = lȳðr-
leðren (i) ‘_leathern_,’ _WW_.
lēud = (1) lēod; (2) lǣwede
lēw f? _weakness_, W 165^9 (cp. lēf I.).
+lēwed _weak, ill_? Æ (#Ex# 22^10, cp. limlǣweo or ? read +lēfed.
lēwend = lǣwend
lēwer = lēower
lēwsa m. _weakness_: ‘_inops_,’ #EPs# 139^13 (hlēw-). [lēf I.]
lex = leax
lēxnian (WW 241^21) = lācnian
lib- = lif-
libb- = lyb-
libban (y) pret. 3 sg. lif(e)de _to ‘live,’ be, exist_, _Æ, B, BH, Lcd, VPs_; AO, CP.
libr- = lifer-
līc n. _body_, _B, Cr_: _corpse_, _AO, B_; Æ, CP. [‘_lich_’; _Ger._ leiche]
+līc adj. (w. d.) _‘alike,’ similar, equal_, _Mt_; Æ, CP. +līcost _double, twin_.
+līca, +līce wk. forms used as sb. _an equal_, Æ, CP. adv. ±līce (usu. +; and +līc in NG), _Bl_. +līce and _like as if_.
līcam- = līcham-
līcbeorg f. _coffin, sarcophagus_, Cp 45#s#.
+līcbisnung f. _imitation_, DR 76^1.
līcburg f. _cemetery_, Cp 433#c#.
liccere, liccetere = līcettere
liccettan (Æ) = līcettan
liccian _to ‘lick,’_ _Æ, Ps_: _lap, lick up_, _Lcd_.
liccung f. _licking_, ÆH 1·330^22.
līcema = līchama
līcendlic == līciendlic
līcettan _to feign, pretend, dissimulate_, CP: _flatter_, BH.
līcettere m. _deceiver, hypocrite_, CP.
līcettung, līcetung f. _feigning, deceit, hypocrisy, flattery_.
līcewyrðe = līcwyrðe
līcfæt † n. _body_.
licgan^5 (±) _to ‘lie,’ be situated, be at rest, remain, be_, _Ph_; Æ, AO, CP: (±) _lie down, lie low, yield, subside, lie prostrate, fail, lie dead_, _Æ, AO, B, Chr, G_: _lead, extend to_, _Æ_; AO: _flow, go, run_, AO: _belong to_. l. for _take the part of_, LL 152[3]. l. mid _cohabit with_. wið licgendum fēo _for ready money_.
līchama m. _body, corpse_, _Bo, Mt_; Æ, CP. [‘_licham_’; _Ger._ leichnam]
līchamlēas _incorporeal_, Æ.
līchamlic (o^2) _corporeal, bodily, carnal, material_, _Bo, Lk_; Æ. adv. -līce _bodily, personally, in the flesh_, _BH_; Æ. [‘_lichamly_’]
+līchamod _incarnate_.
-līchamung v. in-l. [[headword spelled “inlīchomung”]]
līchom- = līcham-
līchord † n. _interior of the body_.
līchrægel n. _winding-sheet_, MH 76^26.
līchryre m. _bodily decay, death_, #Gen# 1099.
līchryst = līcrest
līchwamlic = līchamlic
līcian (w. d. or impers.) _to please_, _Æ, Bl, Bo_; CP. [‘_like_’]
līciendlic _agreeable, pleasant_. adv. -līce.
+līclǣtan^7 _to liken, compare_, MkLR 4^30.
līclēoð n. _dirge_, OEG.
līclic _relating to the dead, funeral_, GPH 401.
+līclic _fitting, proper_. adv. -līce _equally_.
līcmann m. _bearer, pall-bearer_, Æ.
līcnes (±) f. _‘likeness’ (‘i-likeness’), figure, stature, image_, _Æ, MtL_: (+) _parable_.
līcpytt m. _sepulchre, grave_, #ÆGr# 66^10? (or ? dīc, pytt).
līcrest f. _sepulchre, tomb_, Æ: _‘carrum,’ hearse_, ÆL 26^181.
līcs- = līx-
līcsang m. _dirge_, OEG.
līcsār † n. _wound_.
līcstōw f. _place of burial_, GD 340^35.
līcsyrce f. _corslet_, B 550.
līctūn m. _burial-ground_, Æ.
līcðēnung f. _obsequies, funeral_, Æ: _laying out (of corpse)_, ÆL 31^1429.
līcðēote f. _pore_, WW 159^13.
līcðrōwere m. _leper_, Æ.
līcðrūh f. _coffin_, GD.
līcum- = līcham-
±līcung f. _pleasure_, _CP_. [‘_liking_’]
līcwīglung f. _necromancy_, LL (248^3).
līcwund f. _wound_, #Ex# 239.
±līcwyrðe (e, eo, o, u) _pleasing, acceptable_, _Bo_; CP: _estimable, praiseworthy_: _accepted, recognised, sterling_. [‘_likeworth_’]
līcwyrðlīce _pleasingly_, Æ.
līcwyrðnes f. _good pleasure_, #LPs# 88^18.
lid † n. _ship, vessel_. [līðan]
lida † m. _sailor_.
liden pp. of līðan.
līdeð pres. 3 sg. of lēodan.
lidmann † m. _seafarer, sailor, pirate_.
lidrin = leðren
lidweard m. _ship-master_, #An# 244.
lidwērig _weary of sea-voyages_, #An# 482.
līefan (ē, ī, ȳ) _to allow, grant, concede_, _Mt_ (ȳ), _CP_. [‘_leve_’; lēaf]
±līefan (ē, ēo, ī, ȳ) tr. and intr. _to believe, trust, confide in_, _Bl, MH_ (ȳ). [‘_leve_’]
+līefed (ȳ) _believing, faithful, pious_, Æ.
+līefedlic _permissible_, LL (436^30).
+līefedlīce _trustfully, credulously_, AO (ȳ).
+līefen _excused_, LkR 14^19 (ē).
+līefenscipe m. _justification_, JnLR 15^22.
līeffæstan = līffæstan
līeg (ǣ, ē, ī) mn. _fire, flame, lightning_, _B, Bl_ (ē); CP. [‘_leye_’]
līeget = līget
liegeð I. = legeð pres. 3 sg. of lecgan. II. pres. 3 sg. of licgan.
līeht- = lēoht-, līht-
līehð pres. 3 sg. of lēogan.
±līesan (ē, ȳ) _to loosen, release, deliver, liberate_, _Cr_ (ȳ), _LkR_ (ē). [‘_leese_’]
+līesednes (ȳ) f. _redemption_.
līesing I. (ī, ȳ) m. _freedman_, LL. II. f. _deliverance, release_, LkL (ē). [‘_leesing_’]
+līesnes (ē, ī) f. _redemption_.
līeð- = līð-
līexan = līxan
līf I. n. _‘life,’ existence_, _Æ, B, Chr, JnL_: _lifetime_, _RB_. on līfe, tō līfe, līfes _alive_, _BH_: _way of life (e.g. monastic)_, _BH, Chr, Lk, W_; CP: _place where the life is according to fixed rules, monastery_, #Chr#. II. = lēf. III. = lēaf I.
līf- = līef-
līfbrycgung f. _conversation, way of life_, DR 7^15.
līfbysig _struggling for life_, B 966.
līfcearu † f. _care about life_.
līfdæg m. nap. līfdagas (usu. in plur.) _‘life-day,’ lifetime_, _B, Cr_.
lifde, lifede pret. sg. of libban.
lifen f. _food, nourishment_. [[from first edition]]
lifer I. f. ‘_liver_,’ _Bo, WW_; Æ. II. f. _a weight_, WW 432^28. [_L._ libra?]
liferādl f. _liver complaint_, #Lcd#, WW.
liferbȳl m. _protuberance of the liver_, #Lcd# 76b.
liferhol n. _hollow in the liver_, #Lcd# 76b.
liferlæppa m. _lobe of the liver_, WW.
liferwærc m. _pain in the liver_, #Lcd# 60a.
liferwyrt n. _liverwort_, ANS 84·326.
lifesn = lyfesn
līffadung f. _regulation of life_.
līffæc n. _lifetime, life_, LL, W.
±līffæst _living, quickened, full of life, vigorous_: _settled_.
±līffæstan _to quicken, endow with life_, Æ.
+līffæstnian _to quicken_, #RPs# 142^11.
liffet- = lyffet-
līffrēa † m. _Lord of life, God_.
līffruma † m. _source of life (God)_.
lifgan = libban
līfgedāl n. _death_, GD.
līfgesceaft † f. _life’s conditions or record_.
līfgetwinnan mp. _twins_, #Sol# 141.
lifian † (A) = libban
lifiende (y) _that lives or has life_, _BH_: _when alive_, _BH, VPs_: as sb. _the ‘living,’_ _VHy_.
līflād f. _course of life, conduct_, _RB_. [‘_livelihood_’]
līflǣst = līflēast
līflēas _not endowed with life_, _‘lifeless,’ inanimate_, _Æ_: _dead_, _Æ_.
līflēast f. _loss of life, annihilation, death_, Æ.