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-häbbend, pres. part., _provided with a shield_, i.e. warrior: nom. pl. -häbbende, 245; gen. pl. häbbendra, 1403.

lind-plega, w. m., _shield-play_, i.e. battle: dat. sg. lind-plegan, 1074, 2040.

lind-wîga, 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.

lixan, w. v., _to shine, flash_: pret. sg. lixte, 311, 485, 1571.

lîc, st. n.: 1) _body, corpse_: nom. sg., 967; acc. sg. lîc, 2081; þät lîc (_the body, corpse_), 2128; dat. sg. lîce, 734, 1504, 2424, 2572, 2733, 2744; gen. sg. lîces, 451, 1123.-- 2) _form, figure_: in comp. eofor-, swîn-lîc.

ge-lîc, adj., _like, similar_: nom. pl. m. ge-lîce, 2165. Superl. ge-lîcost, 218, 728, 986, 1609.

lîc-hama, -homa, w. m. _(body-home, garment), body_: nom. sg. lîc-homa, 813, 1008, 1755; acc. sg. lîc-haman, 2652; dat. sg. lîc-haman, 3179.

lîcian, w. v., _to please, like_ (impers.): pres. sg. III. me þîn môd-sefa lîcað leng swâ wel, 1855; pret. pl. þam wîfe þâ word wel lîcodon, 640.

lîcnes. See on-lîcnes.

lîc-sâr, st. n., _bodily pain_: acc. sg. lîc-sâr, 816.

lîc-syrce, w. f., _body-sark, shirt of mail covering the body_: nom. sg., 550.

1îðan, st. v., _to move, go_: pres. part. nom. pl. þâ lîðende (_navigantes, sailors_), 221; þâ wäs sund liden (_the water was then traversed_), 223.--Comp.: heáðu-, mere-, wæg-lîðend.

lîðe (O.H.G. lindi), adj., _gentle, mild, friendly_: nom. sg. w. instr. gen. lâra lîðe, 1221. Superl. nom. sg. lîðost, 3184.

lið-wæge, st. n., _can in which lîð_ (a wine-like, foaming drink) _is contained_: acc. sg., 1983.

lîf, st. n., _life_: acc. sg. lîf, 97, 734, 1537, 2424, 2744, 2752; dat. sg. lîfe, 2572; tô lîfe (_in one's life, ever_) 2433; gen. sg. lîfes, 197, 791, 807, 2824, 2846; worolde lîfes (_of the earthly life_), 1388, 2344.--Comp. edwît-lîf.

lîf-bysig, adj. _(striving for life or death), weary of life, in torment of death_: nom. sg., 967.

lîf-dagas, st. m. pl., _lifetime_: acc.-dagas, 794, 1623.

lîf-freá, w. m., _lord of life, God_: nom. sg., 16.

lîf-gedâl, st. n., _separation from life_: nom. sg., 842.

lîf-gesceaft, st. f., _fate, destiny_: gen. pl.-gesceafta, 1954, 3065.

lîf-wraðu, st. f., _protection for one's life, safety_: acc. sg. lîf-wraðe, 2878; dat. sg. tô lîf-wraðe, 972.

lîf-wyn, st. f., _pleasure, enjoyment, joy_ (of life): gen. pl. lîf-wynna, 2098.

lîg, st. m. n., _flame, fire_: nom. sg., 1123; dat. instr. sg. lîge, 728, 2306, 2322, 2342; gen. sg. lîges, 83, 782. See lêg.

lîg-draca, w. m., _ fire-drake, flaming dragon_; nom. pl., 2334. See lêg-draca.

lîg-egesa, w. m., _horror arising through fire, flaming terror_: acc. sg., 2781.

lîge-torn, st. m., _false, pretended insult_ or _injury, fierce anger_(?): dat. sg. äfter lîge-torne _(on account of a pretended insult?_ or _fierce anger?_ cf. Bugge in Zacher's Zeits. 4, 208), 1944.

lîg-ýð, st. m., _wave of fire_: instr. pl. lîg-ýðum, 2673.

león, st. v., _to lend_: pret. sg. þät him on þearfe lâh þyle Hrôðgâres (_which H.'s spokesman lent him in need_), 1457.

on-leóon, _to lend, grant as a loan_, with gen. of thing and dat. pers.: pret. sg. þâ he þäs wæpnes on-lâh sêlran sweord-frecan, 1468.

loca, w. m., _bolt, lock_: in comp. bân-, burh-loca.

locen. See lûcan.

lond, long. See land, lang.

lof, st. m. n., _praise, repute_: acc. sg. lof, 1537.

lof-dæd, st. f., _deed of praise_: instr. pl. lof-dædum, 24.

lof-georn, adj., _eager for praise, ambitious_: superl. nom. sg. lof-geornost, 3184.

loga, w. m., _liar_; in comp. treów-loga.

losian, w. v., _to escape, flee_: pres. sg. III. losað, 1393, 2063; pret. sg. he on weg losade (_fled away_), 2097.

lôcian, w. v., _to see, look at_: pres. sg. II. sæ-lâc ... þe þu her tô lôcast (_booty of the sea that thou lookest on_), 1655.

ge-lôme, adv., _often, frequently_, 559.

lufe, w. f., _love_: in comp. heáh-, môd-, wîf-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 êðel-wyn), 2887.

luf-tâcen, st. n., _love-token_: acc. pl. luf-tâcen, 1864.

lufian, w. v., _to love, serve affectionately_: pret. sg. III. lufode þâ leóde (_was on affectionate terms with the people_), 1983.

lungre, adv.: 1) _hastily, quickly, forthwith_, 930, 1631, 2311, 2744.--2) _quite, very, fully_: feówer mearas lungre gelîce (_four horses quite alike_), 2165.

lust, st. m., _pleasure, joy_: dat. pl. adv. lustum (_joyfully_), 1654; so, on lust, 619, cf. 600.

lûcan, 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 beága (_rings wrought of gold wire_), 2996.

be-lûcan: 1) _to shut, close in or around_: pret. sg. winter ýðe be-leác îs-gebinde (_winter locked the waves with icy bond_), 1133.-- 2) _to shut in, off, preserve, protect_: pret. sg. I. hig wîge beleác manegum mægða (_I shut them in, protected them, from war arising from many a tribe_), 1771. Cf. me wîge belûc wrâðum feóndum (_protect me against mine enemies_), Ps. 34, 3.

ge-lûcan, _to unite, link together, make_: pret. part. gelocen, 2770.

on-lûcan, _to unlock, open_: pret. sg. word-hord on-leác (_opened the word-hoard, treasure of speech_), 259.

tô-lucan, _(to twist, wrench, in two) to destroy_: inf., 782.

lyft, st. f. (m. n.?), _air_: nom. sg., 1376; dat. sg. äfter 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. Geát ungemetes wel ... restan lyste(_the Geát_ [Beówulf] _longed sorely to rest_), 1794.

lyt, adj. neut. (= parum), _little, very little, few_: lyt eft becwom ... hâmes niósan (_few escaped homeward_), 2366; lyt ænig (_none at all_), 3130; usually with gen.: wintra lyt, 1928; lyt ... heáfod-mâga, 2151; wergendra tô lyt (_too few defenders_), 2883; lyt swîgode nîwra spella (_he kept to himself little, none at all, of the new tidings_), 2898; dat. sg. lyt manna (_too few of men_), 2837.

lytel, adj., _small, little_: nom. sg. neut. tô lytel, 1749; acc. sg. f. lytle hwîle (_a little while_), 2031, 2098; lif-wraðe lytle (_little protection for his life_), 2878.--Comp. un-lytel.

lyt-hwôn, adv., _little = not at all_: lyt-hwôn lôgon, 204.

lýfe, st. n., _leave, permission, (life?)_: instr. sg. þîne lýfe (life, MS.), 2132.--Leo. Cf. O.N. leyfi, n., _leave, permission_, in Möbius' Glossary, p. 266.

lýfan, w. v., (fundamental meaning _to believe, trust_) in

â-lýfan, _to allow, grant, entrust_: pret. sg. næfre ic ænegum men ær âlýfde ... þryð-ärn Dena (_never before to any man have I entrusted the palace of the Danes_), 656; pret. part. (þâ me wäs) sîð ... âlýfed inn under eorð-weall (_the way in under the wall of earth was allowed me_), 3090.