I. Beowulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment.
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I. Beowulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment.
Dragons -- Poetry; Epic poetry, English (Old); Monsters -- Poetry
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.
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