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hold-líce

  • adverb
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hold-líce, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§553; §555;
Graciously, with kindness or friendliness, with devotion or attachment, faithfully, loyally
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  • Holdlíce

    affectuose vel devote,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 115;
    • Som. 80, 50;
    • Wrt. Woc. 61, 28.

  • Hé cwæþ swíðe holdlíce be us 'Fæder mín ic wille ðæt ða ðe ðú mé forgeáfe beón mid mé ðǽr ic beó'

    he said very graciously concerning us 'My Father, I will that those whom thou hast given me be with me where I am,'

    • Homl. Th. ii. 368, 10:
    • Cd. 220;
    • Th. 283, 27;
    • Sat. 311:
    • Ps. Th. 54, 11: 58, 3.

  • Holdlíce

    kindly,

    • Exon. 27 b;
    • Th. 83, 18;
    • Cri. 1358.

  • Hé mé holdlíce þegnade

    he served me faithfully,

    • Ps. Th. 100, 6.

  • Hwá ðás ælmesse holdlíce healde healde hine God,

    • Chart. Th. 369, 29.

  • Cwǽdon holdlíce hýran woldon

    said they would listen devoutly,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3276;
    • An. 1641.

  • Eádwearde hýrdon holdlíce

    loyally obeyed Edward,

    • Chr. 1065;
    • Erl. 196, 33;
    • Edw. 14:
    • Exon. 41 b;
    • Th. 138, 14;
    • Gú. 576.

  • Ðæt Drihtne ful holdlíce hýran

    ut serviant Domino,

    • Ps. Th. 101, 20.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hold-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/19450.

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