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þrýþlíce

  • adverb
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Grammar
þrýþlíce, (?); adv.
Mightily
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  • Bissextus ðe on gewunan hæfþ ðæt hé binnan ðam feórðan geáre ealle ðære wucan dagas þrydlíce (þrýþlíce?) æthríne,

    • Anglia viii. 302, 14.
  • Hé oft gesealde healsittendum helm and byrnan swylce hé þrydlícost (þrýþlícost?) óhwǽr feor oððe neáh findan meahte

    he often gave to his followers helm and corslet such as for greatest strength anywhere far or near he could find

    (cf. for similar use of the adverb:

    He sóhte, hú hé sárlícast meahte feorhcwale findan,

    • Exon. Th. 276, 25
    • ;
    • Jul. 571
    ),
    • Beo. Th. 5731
    • ;
    • B. 2869.
Grammar
þrýþlíce, [Or, perhaps, þrydlíce =
deliberately, might be read.
Similar entries
v. þreodian.]
Linked entries
v.  þrydlíce þrýþig.
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  • þrýþlíce, adv.