A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300Coleridge, Herbert
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A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300
Coleridge, Herbert
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Lie, _v. n._ 2s. pres. ‘list.’ O. and N. 150; 3 s. pres. ‘leth.’ O. and N.
1492; 2 pl. pres. ‘liggeth.’ RG. 7; 3 pl. pres. ‘leyȝen.’ Pol. S. 190;
pret. ‘lay.’ RG. 11, 13. AS. licgan
---- == wait, expect. Pol. S. 222
Lie, _v. n._ == speak falsely; part. ‘ylow.’ RG. 160; ‘i-loȝe.’ O. and N.
845
---- _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 100
Lief, _adj._ == dear [leof]. 37 B.; pl. ‘leove.’ 463 B.; ‘lef or loth.’
HD. 2379; ‘The lef the’ == may the right or truth flourish. HD. 2606;
comp. ‘levere.’ RG. 263, 382. AS. leóf
Liefer, _adv._ == rather. RG. 263
Liege, _adj._ RG. 457
Life, _sb._ RG. 301, 376; gen. abs. ‘lives’ == alive. HD. 1307. O. and N.
1632
---- == position in life. Pol. S. 195
Liflode, _sb._ == sustenance in life. RG. 41, 404. AS. lif-láde, from lád,
a way
Lift, _sb._ == air. Fragm. Sci. 204; sky, 200 β, AS. lyft
Light, _sb._ RG. 379, 380
---- _v. a._ == enlighten. Ps. xxxiii. 6
---- == kindle. HD. 585
Light, _adj._ == active. RG. 452
Light, _v. n._ == alight. Cok. 128; part. ‘liht.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 30
Lightly, == easily [liȝtliche]. RG. 515; actively [lyȝtlyche]. RG. 377
Lightness, _sb._ == light. Wright’s L. P. p. 96. Ps. cxxxv. 7
Lightning, _sb._ [lyȝtyng]. RG. 378, 415; [leyȝt]. RG. 308
Likand, == similarly, Creed of St Athan. 36
Like, _adj._ [i-liche]. O. and N. 1458; [ilek]. Pilate, 111
Like, _v. a._ == approve of. RG. 92
Like, _v. n._ == take delight in. Ps. xxxvi. 4; please, be pleasing. O.
and N. 342; _impers._ ‘hym likede.’ RG. 21
Likeful, _adj._ == pleasant. Cok. 70
Likeness, _sb._ == similitude. RG. 463
Liking, _sb._ == pleasure. Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Lily, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 44
Lilywhite, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 30
Limb, _sb._ [lyme]. RG. 278, 411
Limbmeal, _adv._ 1815 B.
Lime, _sb._ == calx. St Swithin, 54
Lime, _sb._ == birdlime. O. and N. 1054
Limed, _part._ == caught. Alys. 5701
Lin, _sb._ == linen. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. AS. lín
---- _v. n._ == cease, for ‘blin.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 103. AS. linnan
Linde, _sb._ == tree. Wright’s L. P. p. 45. Alys. 2489. AS. lind
Line, _sb._ == cord. HD. 539; net. K. Horn, 701. AS. líne
---- == course of proceeding. Alys. 7266
Linen, _sb._ RG. 405
Ling, _sb._ == a fish. HD. 833
Lion, _sb._ RG. 457
Lip, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 34
Lisse, _sb._ == comfort. Wright’s L. P. p. 57. M. Ode, 119. AS. liss
List, _sb._ == craft. O. and N. 172. AS. list
List, _v. a._ == listen to [lest]. Alys. 38; imper. ‘lust.’ O. and N. 263
Listen, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 24
Listening, _sb._ == attention. Alys. 4798
Litany, _sb._ 1084 B.
Lited, _part._ == stained. Ps. lxvii. 17. ON. lita
Litelhede, _sb._ == smallness. Ps. lvii. 4
Lith, _sb._ == body. Body and Soul, 39 AS. líð
Lith, _sb._ == people, possessions. HD. 2515. AS. leode. Germ. leute
Lith, _sb._ == comfort. HD. 1338; [lythe]. Ib. 147. AS. liðs
---- _v. a._ == to comfort, give ease. Alys. 433
Lith, _v. n._ == listen. Ps. xxx. 3. Ritson’s AS. viii. 187. ON. hlyða
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