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hwætlíce

  • adverb
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of quick movement
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  • Þá arn se cniht and eóde hwætlice on þá mǽdwe (

    pratum velociter ingressit

    ),
      Gr. D. 36, 11.
of prompt action.
of persons, with activity of body or
mind
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  • Hors[c]líce, hwætlíce naviter (cf.? triumphum ... viribus

    naviter

    (v.
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 58) nanciscuntur, Ald. 2, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 47.

  • Swá hwylc swá hwætlíce tó þeógincge efstað, bútan tweón hrædlíce hí beóð geendude

    quicumque ad profectum tendunt, sine dubio celeriter finiantur,

      Scint. 101, 16.

  • Nú wé hwætlíce þis habbað gegaderod, þæt is on Lýden

    actiuum opus,

      Angl. viii. 330, 35.
of the operation of things, e.g. diseases
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  • Hwæt[líce] perniciter (quos lethale virus

    perniciter

    prostraverat),
      An. Ox. 1874.
quickly, in a short time
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  • Swá swá wyrta felda hwætlíce (

    cito

    ) hí feallaþ,
      Ps. L. 36, 2.

  • Þæt tó þám hwætlícor hé mæge becuman

    quatinus ad eam quantocius valeat peruenire,

    Scint
      29, 3.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hwætlíce.” 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/53480.

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  • hwætlíce, adv.

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