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strang-líc

  • adjective
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strang-líc, adj.
of persons,
strong, robust
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  • Cniht, stranglíc on wæstme and wénlíc on nebbe,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41.

  • Hwæðer ðæt landfolc sí tó gefeohte stranglic oððe untrumlíc

    populum, utrum fortis sit an infirmus,

      Num. 13, 20.
of things,
strong, firm, solid, able to resist force
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  • Næs nán ðæs stronglíc stán gefæstnod, ðæt mihte ðam miclan mægne wiðhabban,

      Cd. Th. 297, 14; Sat. 517.

  • Ðeáh ðeós eorðe þince on stede stronglíc,

      Met. 10, 11.

  • Mínne stronglícan stól,

      Cd. Th. 23, 27 ; Gen. 366.

  • Sume bióþ beforan monna eágum gesewen swelce hié fæstlícu and stronglícu weorc wyrce

    quidam quaedam ante humanos oculos robusta exerceant,

      Past. 34, 6; Swt. 234, 19.
requiring strength, laborious, hard
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  • Nánne mon ðæs ne tweóþ ðæt se seó strong on his mægene ðe mon gesihþ ðæt stronglíc weorc wyrcþ

    nemo dubitat esse fortem cui fortitudinem inesse conspexerit,

      Bt. 16, 3 ; Fox 54, 29.
hard to bear, severe
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  • Ðis is stronglíc, nú ðes storm becom,

      Cd. Th. 288, 25 ; Sat. 387.

  • Stingaþ stranglíc sár on his eágan,

      Wulfst. 141, 5.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. strang-líh robustus.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “strang-líc.” 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/29111.

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