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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. lin
---- _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. line
---- == 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. 'l.u.s.t.' 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. li
Lith, _sb._ == people, possessions. HD. 2515. AS. leode. Germ. leute
Lith, _sb._ == comfort. HD. 1338; [lythe]. Ib. 147. AS. lis
---- _v. a._ == to comfort, give ease. Alys. 433
Lith, _v. n._ == listen. Ps. x.x.x. 3. Ritson's AS. viii. 187. ON. hlya
---- _adj._ == fallow. Pol. S. 152. Probably from AS. lis, rest
Lithe, _adj._ == gentle. Ps. cvi. 29. AS. lie
Lither, _v. n._ == do harm. Ps. civ. 15. See Luther
---- == act wickedly. Ps. x.x.xvi. 9
Litherand, _adj._ == wicked. Ps. xxv. 5
Littene, _part._ == cut up? HD. 2701
Little, _adj._ [lytul], RG. 19; [lute]. RG. 378; [lutel]. RG. 376
---- _v. a._ == make little. Ps. viii. 6; lxxiv. 9; [lutli]. O. and N. 540
---- _v. n._ == become little. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Littleless, == almost. Ps. xciii. 17
Live, _v. n._ RG. 381
Liver, _sb._ (part of the body). Alys. 2156
Liver, _v. a._ == deliver. RG. 39
Liverede, _adj._ == red. RG. 39
Livering, _sb._ == delivering of provisions. Alys. 7171
Liversoon, _sb._ == sustenance. Alys. 1011. Fr. livraison
Lo! 1769 B. AS. la
Load, _sb._ Body and Soul, 238
Loaf, _sb._ 278 ; pl. 'loves.' 293 ; 'laves.' Ps. xli. 4
Loath, _adj._ == hateful. RG. 40; [yladh]. O. and N. 1605; [lath], Ps.
xvii. 8
---- _v. n._ == be angry, displeased. RG. 32
Loathly, _adj._ Body and Soul, 56; [lolich]. Pol. S. 203
