Líc-hama

According to the Old English Dictionary:

líc-hama

Add :-- Líchama soma, Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 23. 1. the material frame of man. (1) living :-- On healfslapendum líchaman, ná eallinga swylce on swefne, Vis. Lfc. 3. Þý lǽs heó þone hálan líchoman fornime, Lch. i. 100, 6. Hié heora líchoman leáfum beþeahton, Gen. 845. (2) dead :-- His líchama (corpus) ne mihte on þám ylcan dæge beón bebyrged, for þám þe hé wæs feorr tó berenne, Gr. D. 83, 31. Þǽr his líchoma legerbedde fæst swefeþ, B. 1007. Mé is leófre þæt mínne líchaman mid mínne goldgyfan gléd fæðmie, 2651. þǽr þá líchoman lange þráge, heáhfædera hrá, be-heled wǽron, An. 791. Nelle wé ꝥ mon þá Hchoman þe ǽr on cyrcean bebyrgede wǽron út weorpe, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 9. Twégen líchaman, twá líc gemína (defunctorum) cadauera, An. Ox. 1870: Ph. 489. I a. the trunk as opposed to the limbs :-- Hé. leomum onféng and líchoman,Cri. 628. I b. the body in contrast with the soul :-- Ic forlét of mínum líchoman lifgendne gǽst, Cri. 1454. God ús gesceóp on sáwle and on lichaman, Hml. A. n, 289. Ic. the material body with its properties, corporeal nature :-- Swyltendes líchaman gewǽht tídder[nes] moribundç carnis fessa fragilitas, An. Ox. 1275. For lícuman (líchoman, ) tiédernesse, Past. 61, 10. Hé on líchaman lengest worulddreáma breác. Gen. 1219. Enoch heonon on líchoman lisse sóhte . . . , nates deáðe swealt, 1204. Hyra waldend fór of líchoman, Crl. 1187: B. 3178. II. used in reference to the eucharistic elements :-- Ic ofþyrsted wæs Godes líchoman, gástes drynces, Seel. 41. III. used of a plant :-- Wið gewitleáste, genim of þám lichoman þysse wyrte mandragore þreóra penega gewihte, Lch. i. 248, 4. lic-hama

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