part, þā him ā-lumpen wæs
wistfylle wēn (_since a hope of a full meal had befallen him_), 734.
wistfylle wēn (_since a hope of a full meal had befallen him_), 734.
Beowulf
-byrig, 2472.
lēod-cyning, st. m. , _king of the people_: nom. sg. , 54.
lēod-fruma, w. m. , _prince of the people, ruler_: acc. sg. lēod-fruman,
2131.
lēod-gebyrgea, w. m. , _protector of the people, prince_: acc. sg.
-gebyrgean, 269.
lēod-hryre, st. m. , _fall, overthrow, of the prince, ruler_: dat. sg. æfter
lēod-hryre (_after the fall of the king of the Heaðobeardas_, Frōda, cf.
2051, 2031; gen. sg. þæs lēod-hryres (of the fall of Heardred, cf. 2389,
2392.
lēod-sceaða, w. m. , _injurer of the people_: dat. sg. þām lēod-sceaðan,
2094.
lēod-scipe, st. m. , _the whole nation, people_: acc. sg. , 2752; dat. sg. on
þām lēod-scipe, 2198.
lēoð, st. n. , _song, lay_: nom. sg. , 1160. --Comp. : fyrd-, gryre-, gūð-,
sorh-lēoð.
lēof, adj. , _lief, dear_: nom. sg. , 31, 54, 203, 511, 521, 1877, 2468; weak
form m. , lēofa, 1217, 1484, 1855, 2664; acc. sg. m. lēofne, 34, 297, 619,
1944, 2128, 3109, 3143; gen. sg. lēofes (m. ), 1995, 2081, 2898; (neut. ),
1062, 2911; dat. pl. lēofum, 1074; gen. pl. lēofra, 1916. Compar. nom. sg.
neut. lēofre, 2652. Superl. nom. sg. m. lēofost, 1297; acc. sg. þone
lēofestan, 2824.
lēoflīc, _dear, precious, valued_: nom. sg. m. lēoflīc lind-wiga, 2604;
acc. sg. neut. lēoflīc īren, 1810.
lēogan, st. v. , _to lie, belie, deceive_. subj. pres. næfne him his wlite
lēoge (_unless his looks belie him_), 250; pret. sg. hē ne lēag fela wyrda
nē worda, 3030.
ā-lēogan, _to deceive, leave unfulfilled_: pret. sg. hē bēot ne ā-lēh (_he
left not his promise unfulfilled_), 80.
ge-lēogan, _to deceive, betray_: pret. sg. him sēo wēn gelēah (_hope
deceived him_), 2324.
lēoht, st. n. , _light, brilliance_: nom. sg. , 569, 728, 1751 (? ); acc. sg.
sunnan lēoht, 649; godes lēoht gecēas (_chose God's light, died_), 2470;
dat. sg. tō lēohte, 95. --Comp. : ǣfen-, fȳr-, morgen-lēoht.
lēoht, adj. , _luminous, bright_: instr. sg. lēohtan sweorde, 2493.
lēoma, w. m. : 1) _light, splendor_: nom. sg. , 311, 2770; acc. sg. lēoman,
1518; sunnan and mōnan lēoman (_light of sun and moon_), 95. --2) (as beadu-
and hilde-lēoma), _the glittering sword_: nom. sg. līxte se lēoma (_the
blade-gleam flashed_), 1571.
lēosan, st. v. , = amitti, in
be-lēosan, _to deprive, be deprived of_: pres. part. (hēo) wearð beloren
lēofum bearnum and brōðrum (_was deprived of her dear children and
brethren_), 1074.
for-lēosan, with dat. instr. , _to lose something_: pret. sg. þǣr hē dōme
for-lēas, ellen-mǣrðum (_there lost he the glory, the repute, of his heroic
deeds_), 1471; pret. sg. for pl. þām þe ǣr his elne for-lēas (_to him who,
before, had lost his valor_), 2862; part. pret. nealles ic þām lēanum
for-loren hæfde (_not at all had I lost the rewards_), 2146.
libban, w. v. , _to live, be, exist_: pres. sing. III. lifað, 3169; lyfað,
945; leofað, 975, 1367, 2009; subj. pres. sg. II. lifige, 1225; pres. part.
lifigende, 816, 1954, 1974, 2063; dat. sg. be þē lifigendum (_in thy
lifetime_), 2666; pret. sg. lifde, 57, 1258; lyfde, 2145; pret. pl. lifdon,
99. See unlifigende.
licgan, st. v. : 1) _to lie, lie down_ or _low_: pres. sg. nū sēo hand ligeð
(_now the hand lies low_), 1344; nū se wyrm ligeð, 2746, so 2904; inf.
licgan, 3130; licgean, 967, 3083; pret. sg. læg, 40, 552, 2078; syððan
Heardrēd læg (_after Heardrēd had fallen_), 2389; pret. pl. lāgon, 3049;
lǣgon, 566. --2) _to lie prostrate, rest, fail_: pret. sg. nǣfre on ōre læg
wīd-cūðes wīg (_never failed the far-famed one's valor at the front_),
1042; syððan wiðer-gyld læg (_after vengeance failed_, or, _when Withergyld
lay dead_, if _W. _ is a proper name), 2052.
ā-licgan, _to succumb, fail, yield_: inf. 2887; pret. sg. þæt his dōm ā-læg
(_that its power failed it_), 1529.
ge-licgan, _to rest, lie still_: pret. sg. wind-blond gelæg, 3147.
lida, w. m. , _boat, ship_ (as in motion); in comp. : sund-, ȳð-lida.
lid-man, st. m. , _seafarer, sailor_: gen. pl. lid-manna, 1624.
lim, st. n. , _limb, branch_: instr. pl. leomum, 97.
limpan, st. v. , _to happen, befall_ (well or ill); impers. w. dat. pret.
sg. hū lomp ēow on lāde (_how went it with you on the journey? _), 1988.
ā-limpan, _to come about, offer itself_: pret. sg. oð þæt sǣl ā-lamp (_till
the opportunity presented itself_), 623; pret.
part, þā him ā-lumpen wæs
wistfylle wēn (_since a hope of a full meal had befallen him_), 734.
be-limpan, _to happen to, befall_: pret. sg. him sīo sār belamp, 2469.
ge-limpan, _to happen, occur, turn out_: pres. sg. III. hit eft gelimpeð
þæt. . . , 1754; subj. pres. þisse ansȳne alwealdan þanc lungre gelimpe
(_thanks to the Almighty forthwith for this sight! _), 930; pret. sg. him on
fyrste gelamp þæt. . . , 76; swā him ful-oft gelamp (_as often happened to
them_), 1253; þæs þe hire se willa gelamp þæt . . . (_because her wish had
been fulfilled_), 627; frōfor eft gelamp sārig-mōdum, 2942; subj. pret. gif
him þyslīcu þearf gelumpe, 2638; pret. part. Denum eallum wearð . . . willa
gelumpen, 825.
lind, st. f. (properly _linden_; here, a a wooden shield covered with
linden-bark or pith): nom. sg. , 2342; acc. sg. geolwe linde, 2611; acc. pl.
linde, 2366.
lind-gestealla, w. m. , _shield-comrade, war-comrade_: nom. sg. , 1974.
lind-hæbbend, pres. part. , _provided with a shield_, i. e. warrior: nom. pl.
-hæbbende, 245; gen. pl. hæbbendra, 1403.
lind-plega, w. m. , _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.
lēod-cyning, st. m. , _king of the people_: nom. sg. , 54.
lēod-fruma, w. m. , _prince of the people, ruler_: acc. sg. lēod-fruman,
2131.
lēod-gebyrgea, w. m. , _protector of the people, prince_: acc. sg.
-gebyrgean, 269.
lēod-hryre, st. m. , _fall, overthrow, of the prince, ruler_: dat. sg. æfter
lēod-hryre (_after the fall of the king of the Heaðobeardas_, Frōda, cf.
2051, 2031; gen. sg. þæs lēod-hryres (of the fall of Heardred, cf. 2389,
2392.
lēod-sceaða, w. m. , _injurer of the people_: dat. sg. þām lēod-sceaðan,
2094.
lēod-scipe, st. m. , _the whole nation, people_: acc. sg. , 2752; dat. sg. on
þām lēod-scipe, 2198.
lēoð, st. n. , _song, lay_: nom. sg. , 1160. --Comp. : fyrd-, gryre-, gūð-,
sorh-lēoð.
lēof, adj. , _lief, dear_: nom. sg. , 31, 54, 203, 511, 521, 1877, 2468; weak
form m. , lēofa, 1217, 1484, 1855, 2664; acc. sg. m. lēofne, 34, 297, 619,
1944, 2128, 3109, 3143; gen. sg. lēofes (m. ), 1995, 2081, 2898; (neut. ),
1062, 2911; dat. pl. lēofum, 1074; gen. pl. lēofra, 1916. Compar. nom. sg.
neut. lēofre, 2652. Superl. nom. sg. m. lēofost, 1297; acc. sg. þone
lēofestan, 2824.
lēoflīc, _dear, precious, valued_: nom. sg. m. lēoflīc lind-wiga, 2604;
acc. sg. neut. lēoflīc īren, 1810.
lēogan, st. v. , _to lie, belie, deceive_. subj. pres. næfne him his wlite
lēoge (_unless his looks belie him_), 250; pret. sg. hē ne lēag fela wyrda
nē worda, 3030.
ā-lēogan, _to deceive, leave unfulfilled_: pret. sg. hē bēot ne ā-lēh (_he
left not his promise unfulfilled_), 80.
ge-lēogan, _to deceive, betray_: pret. sg. him sēo wēn gelēah (_hope
deceived him_), 2324.
lēoht, st. n. , _light, brilliance_: nom. sg. , 569, 728, 1751 (? ); acc. sg.
sunnan lēoht, 649; godes lēoht gecēas (_chose God's light, died_), 2470;
dat. sg. tō lēohte, 95. --Comp. : ǣfen-, fȳr-, morgen-lēoht.
lēoht, adj. , _luminous, bright_: instr. sg. lēohtan sweorde, 2493.
lēoma, w. m. : 1) _light, splendor_: nom. sg. , 311, 2770; acc. sg. lēoman,
1518; sunnan and mōnan lēoman (_light of sun and moon_), 95. --2) (as beadu-
and hilde-lēoma), _the glittering sword_: nom. sg. līxte se lēoma (_the
blade-gleam flashed_), 1571.
lēosan, st. v. , = amitti, in
be-lēosan, _to deprive, be deprived of_: pres. part. (hēo) wearð beloren
lēofum bearnum and brōðrum (_was deprived of her dear children and
brethren_), 1074.
for-lēosan, with dat. instr. , _to lose something_: pret. sg. þǣr hē dōme
for-lēas, ellen-mǣrðum (_there lost he the glory, the repute, of his heroic
deeds_), 1471; pret. sg. for pl. þām þe ǣr his elne for-lēas (_to him who,
before, had lost his valor_), 2862; part. pret. nealles ic þām lēanum
for-loren hæfde (_not at all had I lost the rewards_), 2146.
libban, w. v. , _to live, be, exist_: pres. sing. III. lifað, 3169; lyfað,
945; leofað, 975, 1367, 2009; subj. pres. sg. II. lifige, 1225; pres. part.
lifigende, 816, 1954, 1974, 2063; dat. sg. be þē lifigendum (_in thy
lifetime_), 2666; pret. sg. lifde, 57, 1258; lyfde, 2145; pret. pl. lifdon,
99. See unlifigende.
licgan, st. v. : 1) _to lie, lie down_ or _low_: pres. sg. nū sēo hand ligeð
(_now the hand lies low_), 1344; nū se wyrm ligeð, 2746, so 2904; inf.
licgan, 3130; licgean, 967, 3083; pret. sg. læg, 40, 552, 2078; syððan
Heardrēd læg (_after Heardrēd had fallen_), 2389; pret. pl. lāgon, 3049;
lǣgon, 566. --2) _to lie prostrate, rest, fail_: pret. sg. nǣfre on ōre læg
wīd-cūðes wīg (_never failed the far-famed one's valor at the front_),
1042; syððan wiðer-gyld læg (_after vengeance failed_, or, _when Withergyld
lay dead_, if _W. _ is a proper name), 2052.
ā-licgan, _to succumb, fail, yield_: inf. 2887; pret. sg. þæt his dōm ā-læg
(_that its power failed it_), 1529.
ge-licgan, _to rest, lie still_: pret. sg. wind-blond gelæg, 3147.
lida, w. m. , _boat, ship_ (as in motion); in comp. : sund-, ȳð-lida.
lid-man, st. m. , _seafarer, sailor_: gen. pl. lid-manna, 1624.
lim, st. n. , _limb, branch_: instr. pl. leomum, 97.
limpan, st. v. , _to happen, befall_ (well or ill); impers. w. dat. pret.
sg. hū lomp ēow on lāde (_how went it with you on the journey? _), 1988.
ā-limpan, _to come about, offer itself_: pret. sg. oð þæt sǣl ā-lamp (_till
the opportunity presented itself_), 623; pret.
part, þā him ā-lumpen wæs
wistfylle wēn (_since a hope of a full meal had befallen him_), 734.
be-limpan, _to happen to, befall_: pret. sg. him sīo sār belamp, 2469.
ge-limpan, _to happen, occur, turn out_: pres. sg. III. hit eft gelimpeð
þæt. . . , 1754; subj. pres. þisse ansȳne alwealdan þanc lungre gelimpe
(_thanks to the Almighty forthwith for this sight! _), 930; pret. sg. him on
fyrste gelamp þæt. . . , 76; swā him ful-oft gelamp (_as often happened to
them_), 1253; þæs þe hire se willa gelamp þæt . . . (_because her wish had
been fulfilled_), 627; frōfor eft gelamp sārig-mōdum, 2942; subj. pret. gif
him þyslīcu þearf gelumpe, 2638; pret. part. Denum eallum wearð . . . willa
gelumpen, 825.
lind, st. f. (properly _linden_; here, a a wooden shield covered with
linden-bark or pith): nom. sg. , 2342; acc. sg. geolwe linde, 2611; acc. pl.
linde, 2366.
lind-gestealla, w. m. , _shield-comrade, war-comrade_: nom. sg. , 1974.
lind-hæbbend, pres. part. , _provided with a shield_, i. e. warrior: nom. pl.
-hæbbende, 245; gen. pl. hæbbendra, 1403.
lind-plega, w. m. , _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.
