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þearllíce

  • adverb
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þearllíce, adv.
severely
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  • Ðonne sint eác ðǽm ilcan monnum suíðe ðearllíce (ðearlíce, Cott. MSS.) tó recceanne ða godcundan cwidas

    districte itaque contra illos divinae, sententiae proferendae sunt,

      Past. 37; Swt. 265, 22.
  • Forðon is néd, ðætte sume mid woningum, sume þearlícor (ðearflícor, Bd. S. 490, 11), sume líðelecor, synd gerehte

    unde necesse est ut quidam damnis, quidam districtius, quidam levius, corrigantur,

      Bd. 1, 27; M. 68, 5.
strictly, exactly, thoroughly
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  • Dríg swýþe þearle (þeaclíce (þearlíce?),

      MS. O.), Lchdm. i. 70, 10.
violently
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  • Swá biþ be ðám heáclifum and torrum, ðonne hí hlifiaþ feor up ofer ða óðre eorðan, hý ðonne feallan onginnaþ and full þeaclíce hreósan tó eorðan (

    come with a great crash to the ground

    ).
      Wulfst. 262, 12. v, for-þearlíce.
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v.  þeaclíce.
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  • þearllíce, adv.