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wer-líc

  • adjective
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wer-líc, adj.
marking sex, male.
Cf. wer-hád
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  • Wer uir, werlíc

    virilis,

      Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 17, 17.

  • Of werlícum folman

    sine viri vola,

      Hpt. Gl. 442, 72.

  • Hié ǽghwelcum cnihtcilde ymbsnidon ðæt werlíce lim,

      Shrn. 47, 20.

  • Ða werlícan virilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 54. I a. marking gender, masculine :-- Æfter gecynde syndon twá cyn on namum, masculinum and femininum, ðæt is werlíc and wíflíc. Werlíc cyn byð hic uir ðes wer. Gemǽne cyn, ðæt is ǽgðer ge werlíc ge wiflíc . . .

    Neutrum

    is náðor cynn, ne werlíces ne wíflíces,
      Ælfc. Gr. 6, 1-3; Zup. 18, 5-15.
marking age, that has reached man's estate. v. wer,
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  • Ðá hé wæs in werlícre giúguðe

    in his early manhood,

      Shrn. 119, 20.
marking married condition,
of a husband, marital
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  • Werlícere wrǽnnysse

    maritalis lasciviae,

      Hpt. Gl. 434, 61.

  • Tó werlícum gemánan

    ad maritale consortium,

      502, 23: 442, 74.

  • Werlícre beclyppincge

    maritali complexu,

      442, 75.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wer-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/35395.

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