's
spokesman
lent him in need_), 1457.
Beowulf
, _shield-play_, i.
e.
battle: dat.
sg.
lind-plegan, 1074,
2040.
lind-wiga, w. m. , _shield-fighter, warrior_: nom. sg. , 2604.
linnan, st. v. , _to depart, be deprived of_: inf. aldre linnan (_depart
from life_), 1479; ealdres linnan, 2444.
lis, st. f. , _favor, affection_: gen. pl. eall . . . lissa, 2151.
list, st. m. , _art, skill, cleverness, cunning_: dat. pl. adverbial, listum
(_cunningly_), 782.
līxan, w. v. , _to shine, flash_: pret. sg. līxte, 311, 485, 1571.
līc, st. n. : 1) _body, corpse_: nom. sg. , 967; acc. sg. līc, 2081; þæt līc
(_the body, corpse_), 2128; dat. sg. līce, 734, 1504, 2424, 2572, 2733,
2744; gen. sg. līces, 451, 1123. -- 2) _form, figure_: in comp. eofor-,
swīn-līc.
ge-līc, adj. , _like, similar_: nom. pl. m. ge-līce, 2165. Superl.
ge-līcost, 218, 728, 986, 1609.
līc-hama, -homa, w. m. _(body-home, garment), body_: nom. sg. līc-homa,
813, 1008, 1755; acc. sg. līc-haman, 2652; dat. sg. līc-haman, 3179.
līcian, w. v. , _to please, like_ (impers. ): pres. sg. III. mē þīn mōd-sefa
līcað leng swā wēl, 1855; pret. pl. þām wīfe þā word wēl līcodon, 640.
līcnes. See on-līcnes.
līc-sār, st. n. , _bodily pain_: acc. sg. līc-sār, 816.
līc-syrce, w. f. , _body-sark, shirt of mail covering the body_: nom. sg. ,
550.
1īðan, st. v. , _to move, go_: pres. part. nom. pl. þā līðende (_navigantes,
sailors_), 221; þā wæs sund liden (_the water was then traversed_),
223. --Comp. : hēaðu-, mere-, wǣg-līðend.
līðe (O. H. G. lindi), adj. , _gentle, mild, friendly_: nom. sg. w. instr.
gen. lāra līðe, 1221. Superl. nom. sg. līðost, 3184.
lið-wǣge, st. n. , _can in which līð_ (a wine-like, foaming drink) _is
contained_: acc. sg. , 1983.
līf, st. n. , _life_: acc. sg. līf, 97, 734, 1537, 2424, 2744, 2752; dat.
sg. līfe, 2572; tō līfe (_in one's life, ever_) 2433; gen. sg. līfes, 197,
791, 807, 2824, 2846; worolde līfes (_of the earthly life_), 1388,
2344. --Comp. edwīt-līf.
līf-bysig, adj. _(striving for life or death), weary of life, in torment of
death_: nom. sg. , 967.
līf-dagas, st. m. pl. , _lifetime_: acc. -dagas, 794, 1623.
līf-frēa, w. m. , _lord of life, God_: nom. sg. , 16.
līf-gedāl, st. n. , _separation from life_: nom. sg. , 842.
līf-gesceaft, st. f. , _fate, destiny_: gen. pl. -gesceafta, 1954, 3065.
līf-wraðu, st. f. , _protection for one's life, safety_: acc. sg. līf-wraðe,
2878; dat. sg. tō līf-wraðe, 972.
līf-wyn, st. f. , _pleasure, enjoyment, joy_ (of life): gen. pl. līf-wynna,
2098.
līg, st. m. n. , _flame, fire_: nom. sg. , 1123; dat. instr. sg. līge, 728,
2306, 2322, 2342; gen. sg. līges, 83, 782. See lēg.
līg-draca, w. m. , _ fire-drake, flaming dragon_; nom. pl. , 2334. See
lēg-draca.
līg-egesa, w. m. , _horror arising through fire, flaming terror_: acc. sg. ,
2781.
līge-torn, st. m. , _false, pretended insult_ or _injury, fierce anger_(? ):
dat. sg. æfter līge-torne (_on account of a pretended insult? _ or _fierce
anger? _ cf. Bugge in Zacher's Zeits. 4, 208), 1944.
līg-ȳð, st. m. , _wave of fire_: instr. pl. līg-ȳðum, 2673.
lēon, st. v. , _to lend_: pret. sg. þæt him on þearfe lāh þyle Hrōðgāres
(_which H.
's spokesman lent him in need_), 1457.
on-lēoon, _to lend, grant as a loan_, with gen. of thing and dat. pers. :
pret. sg. þā hē þæs wǣpnes on-lāh sēlran sweord-frecan, 1468.
loca, w. m. , _bolt, lock_: in comp. bān-, burh-loca.
locen. See lūcan.
lond, long. See land, lang.
lof, st. m. n. , _praise, repute_: acc. sg. lof, 1537.
lof-dǣd, st. f. , _deed of praise_: instr. pl. lof-dǣdum, 24.
lof-georn, adj. , _eager for praise, ambitious_: superl. nom. sg.
lof-geornost, 3184.
loga, w. m. , _liar_; in comp. trēow-loga.
losian, w. v. , _to escape, flee_: pres. sg. III. losað, 1393, 2063; pret.
sg. hē on weg losade (_fled away_), 2097.
lōcian, w. v. , _to see, look at_: pres. sg. II. sǣ-lāc . . . þē þū hēr tō
lōcast (_booty of the sea that thou lookest on_), 1655.
ge-lōme, adv. , _often, frequently_, 559.
lufe, w. f. , _love_: in comp. hēah-, mōd-, wīf-lufe.
lufa (cf. and-leofa, big-leofa, _nourishment_), w. m. , _food, subsistence;
property, real estate_: acc. sg. on lufan (_on possessions_), 1729. --Comp.
eard-lufa.
lufen, st. f. (cf. lufa), _subsistence, food; real estate, (enjoyment? )_:
nom. sg. lufen (parallel with ēðel-wyn), 2887.
luf-tācen, st. n. , _love-token_: acc. pl. luf-tācen, 1864.
lufian, w. v. , _to love, serve affectionately_: pret. sg. III. lufode þā
lēode (_was on affectionate terms with the people_), 1983.
lungre, adv. : 1) _hastily, quickly, forthwith_, 930, 1631, 2311, 2744. --2)
_quite, very, fully_: fēower mēaras lungre gelīce (_four horses quite
alike_), 2165.
lust, st. m. , _pleasure, joy_: dat. pl. adv. lustum (_joyfully_), 1654; so,
on lust, 619, cf. 600.
lūcan, st. v. , _to twist, wind, lock, interweave_: pret. part. acc. sg. and
pl. locene leoðo-syrcan (_shirt of mail wrought of meshes or rings
interlocked_), 1506, 1891; gen. pl. locenra bēaga (_rings wrought of gold
wire_), 2996.
be-lūcan: 1) _to shut, close in or around_: pret. sg. winter ȳðe be-lēac
īs-gebinde (_winter locked the waves with icy bond_), 1133. -- 2) _to shut
in, off, preserve, protect_: pret. sg. I. hig wīge belēac manegum mǣgða (_I
shut them in, protected them, from war arising from many a tribe_), 1771.
Cf. mē wīge belūc wrāðum fēondum (_protect me against mine enemies_), Ps.
34, 3.
ge-lūcan, _to unite, link together, make_: pret. part. gelocen, 2770.
on-lūcan, _to unlock, open_: pret. sg. word-hord on-lēac (_opened the
word-hoard, treasure of speech_), 259.
tō-lucan, _(to twist, wrench, in two) to destroy_: inf. , 782.
lyft, st. f. (m. n. ? ), _air_: nom. sg. , 1376; dat. sg. æfter lyfte (_along,
through, the air_), 2833.
lyft-floga, w. m. , _air-flier_: nom. sg. (of the dragon), 2316.
lyft-geswenced, pret. part. , _urged, hastened on, by the wind_, 1914.
lyft-wyn, st. f. , _enjoyment of the air_: acc. sg. lyft-wynne, 3044.
lyhð. See leahan.
lystan, w. v. , _to lust after, long for_: pret. sg. Gēat ungemetes wēl . . .
restan lyste(_the Gēat_ [Bēowulf] _longed sorely to rest_), 1794.
lȳt, adj. neut. (= parum), _little, very little, few_: lȳt eft becwōm . . .
hāmes nīosan (_few escaped homeward_), 2366; lȳt ǣnig (_none at all_),
3130; usually with gen. : wintra lȳt, 1928; lȳt . . . hēafod-māga, 2151;
wergendra tō lȳt (_too few defenders_), 2883; lȳt swīgode nīwra spella
(_he kept to himself little, none at all, of the new tidings_), 2898; dat.
sg. lȳt manna (_too few of men_), 2837.
lȳtel, adj. , _small, little_: nom. sg. neut. tō lȳtel, 1749; acc. sg. f.
lȳtle hwīle (_a little while_), 2031, 2098; lif-wraðe lȳtle (_little
protection for his life_), 2878. --Comp. un-lȳtel.
lȳt-hwōn, adv. , _little = not at all_: lȳt-hwōn lōgon, 204.
lȳfe, st. n. , _leave, permission, (life? )_: instr. sg. þīne lȳfe (life,
MS. ), 2132. --Leo. Cf. O. N. leyfi, n. , _leave, permission_, in Möbius'
Glossary, p. 266.
lȳfan, w. v. , (fundamental meaning _to believe, trust_) in
ā-lȳfan, _to allow, grant, entrust_: pret. sg. nǣfre ic ǣnegum men ǣr
ālȳfde . . . þrȳð-ærn Dena (_never before to any man have I entrusted the
palace of the Danes_), 656; pret.
2040.
lind-wiga, w. m. , _shield-fighter, warrior_: nom. sg. , 2604.
linnan, st. v. , _to depart, be deprived of_: inf. aldre linnan (_depart
from life_), 1479; ealdres linnan, 2444.
lis, st. f. , _favor, affection_: gen. pl. eall . . . lissa, 2151.
list, st. m. , _art, skill, cleverness, cunning_: dat. pl. adverbial, listum
(_cunningly_), 782.
līxan, w. v. , _to shine, flash_: pret. sg. līxte, 311, 485, 1571.
līc, st. n. : 1) _body, corpse_: nom. sg. , 967; acc. sg. līc, 2081; þæt līc
(_the body, corpse_), 2128; dat. sg. līce, 734, 1504, 2424, 2572, 2733,
2744; gen. sg. līces, 451, 1123. -- 2) _form, figure_: in comp. eofor-,
swīn-līc.
ge-līc, adj. , _like, similar_: nom. pl. m. ge-līce, 2165. Superl.
ge-līcost, 218, 728, 986, 1609.
līc-hama, -homa, w. m. _(body-home, garment), body_: nom. sg. līc-homa,
813, 1008, 1755; acc. sg. līc-haman, 2652; dat. sg. līc-haman, 3179.
līcian, w. v. , _to please, like_ (impers. ): pres. sg. III. mē þīn mōd-sefa
līcað leng swā wēl, 1855; pret. pl. þām wīfe þā word wēl līcodon, 640.
līcnes. See on-līcnes.
līc-sār, st. n. , _bodily pain_: acc. sg. līc-sār, 816.
līc-syrce, w. f. , _body-sark, shirt of mail covering the body_: nom. sg. ,
550.
1īðan, st. v. , _to move, go_: pres. part. nom. pl. þā līðende (_navigantes,
sailors_), 221; þā wæs sund liden (_the water was then traversed_),
223. --Comp. : hēaðu-, mere-, wǣg-līðend.
līðe (O. H. G. lindi), adj. , _gentle, mild, friendly_: nom. sg. w. instr.
gen. lāra līðe, 1221. Superl. nom. sg. līðost, 3184.
lið-wǣge, st. n. , _can in which līð_ (a wine-like, foaming drink) _is
contained_: acc. sg. , 1983.
līf, st. n. , _life_: acc. sg. līf, 97, 734, 1537, 2424, 2744, 2752; dat.
sg. līfe, 2572; tō līfe (_in one's life, ever_) 2433; gen. sg. līfes, 197,
791, 807, 2824, 2846; worolde līfes (_of the earthly life_), 1388,
2344. --Comp. edwīt-līf.
līf-bysig, adj. _(striving for life or death), weary of life, in torment of
death_: nom. sg. , 967.
līf-dagas, st. m. pl. , _lifetime_: acc. -dagas, 794, 1623.
līf-frēa, w. m. , _lord of life, God_: nom. sg. , 16.
līf-gedāl, st. n. , _separation from life_: nom. sg. , 842.
līf-gesceaft, st. f. , _fate, destiny_: gen. pl. -gesceafta, 1954, 3065.
līf-wraðu, st. f. , _protection for one's life, safety_: acc. sg. līf-wraðe,
2878; dat. sg. tō līf-wraðe, 972.
līf-wyn, st. f. , _pleasure, enjoyment, joy_ (of life): gen. pl. līf-wynna,
2098.
līg, st. m. n. , _flame, fire_: nom. sg. , 1123; dat. instr. sg. līge, 728,
2306, 2322, 2342; gen. sg. līges, 83, 782. See lēg.
līg-draca, w. m. , _ fire-drake, flaming dragon_; nom. pl. , 2334. See
lēg-draca.
līg-egesa, w. m. , _horror arising through fire, flaming terror_: acc. sg. ,
2781.
līge-torn, st. m. , _false, pretended insult_ or _injury, fierce anger_(? ):
dat. sg. æfter līge-torne (_on account of a pretended insult? _ or _fierce
anger? _ cf. Bugge in Zacher's Zeits. 4, 208), 1944.
līg-ȳð, st. m. , _wave of fire_: instr. pl. līg-ȳðum, 2673.
lēon, st. v. , _to lend_: pret. sg. þæt him on þearfe lāh þyle Hrōðgāres
(_which H.
's spokesman lent him in need_), 1457.
on-lēoon, _to lend, grant as a loan_, with gen. of thing and dat. pers. :
pret. sg. þā hē þæs wǣpnes on-lāh sēlran sweord-frecan, 1468.
loca, w. m. , _bolt, lock_: in comp. bān-, burh-loca.
locen. See lūcan.
lond, long. See land, lang.
lof, st. m. n. , _praise, repute_: acc. sg. lof, 1537.
lof-dǣd, st. f. , _deed of praise_: instr. pl. lof-dǣdum, 24.
lof-georn, adj. , _eager for praise, ambitious_: superl. nom. sg.
lof-geornost, 3184.
loga, w. m. , _liar_; in comp. trēow-loga.
losian, w. v. , _to escape, flee_: pres. sg. III. losað, 1393, 2063; pret.
sg. hē on weg losade (_fled away_), 2097.
lōcian, w. v. , _to see, look at_: pres. sg. II. sǣ-lāc . . . þē þū hēr tō
lōcast (_booty of the sea that thou lookest on_), 1655.
ge-lōme, adv. , _often, frequently_, 559.
lufe, w. f. , _love_: in comp. hēah-, mōd-, wīf-lufe.
lufa (cf. and-leofa, big-leofa, _nourishment_), w. m. , _food, subsistence;
property, real estate_: acc. sg. on lufan (_on possessions_), 1729. --Comp.
eard-lufa.
lufen, st. f. (cf. lufa), _subsistence, food; real estate, (enjoyment? )_:
nom. sg. lufen (parallel with ēðel-wyn), 2887.
luf-tācen, st. n. , _love-token_: acc. pl. luf-tācen, 1864.
lufian, w. v. , _to love, serve affectionately_: pret. sg. III. lufode þā
lēode (_was on affectionate terms with the people_), 1983.
lungre, adv. : 1) _hastily, quickly, forthwith_, 930, 1631, 2311, 2744. --2)
_quite, very, fully_: fēower mēaras lungre gelīce (_four horses quite
alike_), 2165.
lust, st. m. , _pleasure, joy_: dat. pl. adv. lustum (_joyfully_), 1654; so,
on lust, 619, cf. 600.
lūcan, st. v. , _to twist, wind, lock, interweave_: pret. part. acc. sg. and
pl. locene leoðo-syrcan (_shirt of mail wrought of meshes or rings
interlocked_), 1506, 1891; gen. pl. locenra bēaga (_rings wrought of gold
wire_), 2996.
be-lūcan: 1) _to shut, close in or around_: pret. sg. winter ȳðe be-lēac
īs-gebinde (_winter locked the waves with icy bond_), 1133. -- 2) _to shut
in, off, preserve, protect_: pret. sg. I. hig wīge belēac manegum mǣgða (_I
shut them in, protected them, from war arising from many a tribe_), 1771.
Cf. mē wīge belūc wrāðum fēondum (_protect me against mine enemies_), Ps.
34, 3.
ge-lūcan, _to unite, link together, make_: pret. part. gelocen, 2770.
on-lūcan, _to unlock, open_: pret. sg. word-hord on-lēac (_opened the
word-hoard, treasure of speech_), 259.
tō-lucan, _(to twist, wrench, in two) to destroy_: inf. , 782.
lyft, st. f. (m. n. ? ), _air_: nom. sg. , 1376; dat. sg. æfter lyfte (_along,
through, the air_), 2833.
lyft-floga, w. m. , _air-flier_: nom. sg. (of the dragon), 2316.
lyft-geswenced, pret. part. , _urged, hastened on, by the wind_, 1914.
lyft-wyn, st. f. , _enjoyment of the air_: acc. sg. lyft-wynne, 3044.
lyhð. See leahan.
lystan, w. v. , _to lust after, long for_: pret. sg. Gēat ungemetes wēl . . .
restan lyste(_the Gēat_ [Bēowulf] _longed sorely to rest_), 1794.
lȳt, adj. neut. (= parum), _little, very little, few_: lȳt eft becwōm . . .
hāmes nīosan (_few escaped homeward_), 2366; lȳt ǣnig (_none at all_),
3130; usually with gen. : wintra lȳt, 1928; lȳt . . . hēafod-māga, 2151;
wergendra tō lȳt (_too few defenders_), 2883; lȳt swīgode nīwra spella
(_he kept to himself little, none at all, of the new tidings_), 2898; dat.
sg. lȳt manna (_too few of men_), 2837.
lȳtel, adj. , _small, little_: nom. sg. neut. tō lȳtel, 1749; acc. sg. f.
lȳtle hwīle (_a little while_), 2031, 2098; lif-wraðe lȳtle (_little
protection for his life_), 2878. --Comp. un-lȳtel.
lȳt-hwōn, adv. , _little = not at all_: lȳt-hwōn lōgon, 204.
lȳfe, st. n. , _leave, permission, (life? )_: instr. sg. þīne lȳfe (life,
MS. ), 2132. --Leo. Cf. O. N. leyfi, n. , _leave, permission_, in Möbius'
Glossary, p. 266.
lȳfan, w. v. , (fundamental meaning _to believe, trust_) in
ā-lȳfan, _to allow, grant, entrust_: pret. sg. nǣfre ic ǣnegum men ǣr
ālȳfde . . . þrȳð-ærn Dena (_never before to any man have I entrusted the
palace of the Danes_), 656; pret.
