liflic
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːf.liːt͡ʃ/, [ˈliːv.liːt͡ʃ]
Adjective
līflīċ
- (relational) life; living, causing life, vital
- having life, animate, lively
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- Woruldcara, and welan, and flǣsċlīċe lustas forsmoriað ðǣs mōdes ðrotan, and ne geðafiað gōdne willan infaran tō his heortan, swilċe hī ðone līflīċan blǣd forðrǣstne ācwellon. Twā wiðerrǣde ðing geðēodde Drihten on ðisum cwyde, þæt sind ymhīdiġnyssa and lustas.
- Concern about worldly things, and wealth, and carnal lusts choke the throat of the mind, and do not allow good will into the heart, as if they killed it by crushing the living fruit. The Lord connected two contrary things in this saying, which are cares and lusts.
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
Declension of līflīċ — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | līflīċ | līflīċ, līflīċu, līflīċo | līflīċ |
| Accusative | līflīcne | līflīċe | līflīċ |
| Genitive | līflīċes | līflīcre | līflīċes |
| Dative | līflīċum | līflīcre | līflīċum |
| Instrumental | līflīċe | līflīcre | līflīċe |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | līflīċe | līflīċa, līflīċe | līflīċ, līflīċu, līflīċo |
| Accusative | līflīċe | līflīċa, līflīċe | līflīċ, līflīċu, līflīċo |
| Genitive | līflīcra | līflīcra | līflīcra |
| Dative | līflīċum | līflīċum | līflīċum |
| Instrumental | līflīċum | līflīċum | līflīċum |
Declension of līflīċ — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | līflīċa | līflīċe | līflīċe |
| Accusative | līflīċan | līflīċan | līflīċe |
| Genitive | līflīċan | līflīċan | līflīċan |
| Dative | līflīċan | līflīċan | līflīċan |
| Instrumental | līflīċan | līflīċan | līflīċan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | līflīċan | līflīċan | līflīċan |
| Accusative | līflīċan | līflīċan | līflīċan |
| Genitive | līflīcra, līflīċena | līflīcra, līflīċena | līflīcra, līflīċena |
| Dative | līflīċum | līflīċum | līflīċum |
| Instrumental | līflīċum | līflīċum | līflīċum |
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “líflíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.