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frécne

  • adverb
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Grammar
frécne, frǽcne; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§434; §553;
Horribly, savagely, fiercely, severely, insolently, boldly, dangerously; atrōcĭter, dūre, audacter, perīcŭlōse
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  • Se wráða boda fylgde him frécne

    the dire messenger boldly followed him,

    • Cd. 32
    • ;
    • Th. 43, 9
    • ;
    • Gen. 688: Beo. Th. 1923
    • ;
    • B. 959: 3386
    • ;
    • B. 1691.
  • Hie hit frécne genéðdon

    they severely oppressed it,

    • Cd. 170
    • ;
    • Th. 214, 17
    • ;
    • Exod. 570: Exon. 105 b
    • ;
    • Th. 401, 23
    • ;
    • Rä. 21, 16: Ps. Th. 67, 2: 103, 33: 104, 25.
  • Ðæt him hit frécne ne meahte sceððan

    that it might not dangerously wound him,

    • Beo. Th. 2069
    • ;
    • B. 1032: Ps. Th. 114, 3.
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  • frécne, adv.