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líc-wyrþe

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líc-wyrþe, adj.
Fit to please, pleasant, well-pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, estimable, sterling [of money]
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  • Ne mæg heó nán ðæra þinga gedón ðe Gode lícwyrþe beó

    nequit quidquid eorum facere quæ Deo grata sunt,

    • L. Ecg. P. ii. 16
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 188, 5
      • :
    • Wulfst. 279, 17
      • .

  • Lícworþe,

    • Shrn. 170, 31
      • .

  • On ðære lícwyrþe is Gode eardian

    in quo beneplacitum est Deo habitare,

    • Ps. Lamb. 67, 17
      • .

  • Suǽ wæs lícewyrþe before ðec

    sic fuit placitum ante te,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 26
      • .

  • Ðé micle má lícwerþe se gehnysta gást

    much more pleasing to thee is the contrite spirit,

    • Ps. C. 50, 126
      • ;
    • Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 126
      • .

  • Ne lǽt ðú unlofod ðæt ðú swutele ongite ðæt lícwyrþe sý

    leave not unpraised what you clearly see is estimable,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 6
      • 2.

  • Hwæt biþ ðǽr ðonne lícwyrþes búton his gód and his weorþscipe ðæs gódan cyninges

    quid in eis aliud, quam probitas utentium, placet?

    • Bt. 16, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 50, 16
      • .

  • iiii pund lícwyrþes feós

    four pounds of sterling money,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 254, 15
      • .

  • For his lícweorþan feó,

    • 255, 11
      • .

  • Ðínre ðære lícwurþan mundbyrdnesse

    to thine acceptable protection,

    • Glostr. Frag. 108, 16
      • .

  • Him swá gecwéme and lícwyrþe folc,

    • Lchdm. iii. 434, 5
      • .

  • Hié Gode swíðe lícwyrþe forhæfdnesse brengaþ

    placentem Deo abstinentiam offerunt,

    • Past. 43, 8
      • ;
    • Swt 314, 21
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “líc-wyrþe.” 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/21594.

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