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lícham-

  • adjective
  • prefix
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Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líc [cf. cognates under líc-hama]; adj.
Bodily, corporeal, material, carnal, not spiritual
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  • Seó [heofene] is geháten firmamentum seó is gesewenlíc and líchamlíc

    it [heaven] is called the firmament; it is visible and material,

    • Lchdm. iii. 232, 14
      • .

  • Hyre líchomlíce dóhtor

    filia ipsius carnalis,

    • Bd. 5, 3
      • ;
    • S. 616, 3
      • .

  • His lícumlíce untrumness

    corporea infirmitas,

    • 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 564, 5
      • .

  • Oswald hæfde lícumlícre yldo xxxvii wintra

    anno ætatis suæ trigesimo octavo,

    • 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 533, 53
      • .

  • Hí wilnodon ðæs líchomlícan deáþes ... wið ðan écan lífe,

    • Bt. 11, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 36, 3
      • ;
    • Blickl. Homl. 103, 10
      • .

  • Se hálega gást ástáh líchamlícre ansýne

    corporali specie,

    • Lk. Skt. 3, 22.

  • Wæs hé líchomlícre gebyrdo æþeles cynnes

    erat carnis origine nobilis,

    • Bd. 2, 7
      • ;
    • S. 509, 15
      • .

  • Lícumlícre gegaderunga

    copulæ carnalis,

    • 2, 9
      • ;
    • S. 511, 1
      • .

  • Ealle ða líchamlícan gód biþ forcúþran ðonne ðære sáwle cræftas,

    • Bt. 24, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 84, 5
      • .

  • Ne geseó wit unc ofer ðæt líchomlicum eágum

    we shall never see one another after that with our bodily eyes,

    • Bd. 4, 29
      • ;
    • S. 607, 21
      • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 21, 20
      • .
Etymology
[
Icel. líkamligr
:
O. H. Ger. líhham-líh corporalis, carnalis.
]
Derived forms
un-líchamlíc
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lícham-.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21569.

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