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mǽr-líc

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mǽr-líc, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§634;
Great, magnificent, glorious, splendid, illustrious (of persons or things)
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  • Mǽrlíce

    magnificas,

    • Gl. Wülck. 254, 11.
(
of persons)
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  • Mǽrlíc (God) on hálignysse

    magnificus in sanctitate,

    • Cant. Moys. 11.

  • Ðæt wæter feóll ofer Pharaones mǽrlícum riddum

    the water fell upon Pharaoh's splendid knights,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 31.
(of things)
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  • Mýrlíc cynehelm

    corona inclita,

    • Kent. Gl. 67.

  • Gabrihel bodade Zacharian his mǽrlícan drohtnunge

    Gabriel announced to Zacharias his (John's) glorious life.

    • Homl. Th. i. 352, 26.

  • Ðá hæfde ðæt cild swíðe mǽrlíce stemne

    the boy had a magnificent voice,

    • Wulfst. 152, 11.

  • Hwæðer má miérlecra dǽda gefremed hæfde ðe Philipus ðe Alexander

    which had performed more splendid deeds, Philip or Alexander,

    • Ors. 3, 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 130, 27.

  • Hwæðer ðé ðonne þynce unweorþ and unmǽrlíc seó gegaderung ðara þreóra þinga . . oððe hwæðer hit ðé þince eallra þinga weorþlícost and mǽrlícost

    obscurumne hoc, atque ignobile censes esse, an omni celebritate clarissimum?

    • Bt. 33, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 120, 31.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. már-lík
:
O. H. Ger. mári-líh.
]
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v. fore-, un-mǽrlíc.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mǽr-líc.” 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/22184.

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