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hea-líce

  • adverb
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hea-líce, adv.
Highly, on high, excellently
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  • Is ðín mildheort mód áhafen heálíce

    magnificatur misericordia tua,

    • Ps. Th. 107, 4
      • :
    • 137, 6
      • .

  • Heálíce ða Cyricean reccende

    ecclesiam sublimiter regens,

    • Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 639, 12
      • .

  • Seó gódnys is of ðam Scyppende se ðe is heálíce gód

    that goodness is from the Creator, who is supremely good,

    • Homl. Th. i. 238, 19
      • .

  • Se ðe on heofonum is heálíce sittende

    who sitteth on high in heaven,

    • ii. 318, 3
      • :
    • 254, 27
      • .

  • Heálíce geweorþod

    highly honoured,

    • Blickl. Homl. 125, 18
      • .

  • Ðus heálíce

    in such a high degree,

    • 123, 2
      • .

  • Ðonne fremaþ hit heálíce

    it will do very great good,

    • Herb. 4, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 90, 7
      • .

  • Hé wolde ðæt his lof ðé heálícor weóxe

    he desired that his praise should grow the greater,

    • Blickl. Homl. 33, 30
      • .

  • Heálícost fremede

    was beneficial in the highest degree,

    • Herb. 73, 3
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 176, 10
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hea-líce.” 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/18425.

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