for-sewenlíce
- adverb
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Swá he forsewenlícor biþ gewítnod for Godes naman, swá his wuldor biþ máre fór Gode
the more ignominiously he is tortured for the name of God, the greater shall his glory be before God,
- Homl. Th. i. 486, 23.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-sewenlíce.” 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/11694.
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