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ge-wunelíc

  • adjective
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Grammar
ge-wunelíc, -wunolíc; adj.
Accustomed, wonted, usual, ordinary; consuetus
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  • Þam folce wæs gewunelíc ðæt ...

    it was usual with the people to...,

    • Jud. 7, 8
    • .
  • Ðæm eádberhte wæs gewunelíc ðæt he wunode on dýgolre stówe

    that Eadberht was in the habit of dwelling in a secret place,

    • Shrn. 82, 9
    • :
    • 88, 1
    • .
  • Eall ðæt wæs gewunelíc on ðisan lande

    all that was usual in this land,

    • Chr. 1100
    • ;
    • Erl. 236, 13
    • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 85, 29
    • .
  • Gewunelícre mildheortnyssa

    solita clementia,

    • Hymn. Surt. 11, 25
    • .
  • On úre wísan us to spræcþ swá ðæt we þurh ða gewunelícan sprǽce ða þing oncnáwan ðe us uncúþe wǽron

    speaks to us in our manner so that through the speech to which we are accustomed we may understand those things that were unknown to us,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 21, 2
    • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. gewonelich consuetus
:
Ger. ge-wöhnlich.
]
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v.  wune-líc.
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