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mǽþ-líc

  • adjective
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mǽþ-líc, adj.
Moderate, in accordance with due measure, proper to a person's degree, having regard to others (v. mǽþ-líce)
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  • Beón ða heregeata swá hit mǽþlíc

    let the heriots be as is proper to the several degrees (earl's, king's thane, &c. ),

    • L. C. S. 72
    • ;
    • Th. i. 414, 4.
  • Gif hwilc forwyrht man hiówan gesǽce, bió se þingad swá hit médlíc sió be ðæs geltes méðe

    if any criminal betake himself to the convent, let terms be made for him, as may be fit and proper according to the measure of the crime,

    • Chart. Th. 509, 23.
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v. mǽþ, un-mǽþlíc.
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v.  mǽþ-full.
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