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nearulíce

  • adverb
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nearulíce, adv.
narrowly, within narrow limits, briefly
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  • Nearolíce

    strictim,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 41, 60.

  • Ys seó foresǽde bóc (Genesis) on manegum stówum swíde nærolíce gesett (is a mere narrative of events ), and ðeáh swíde deóplíce on ðam gástlícum andgite,

    • Ælfc. Gen. Thor. 4, 3.
oppressively, grievously
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  • Ða ðe nearwlícast cúðan swician

    those who knew how to cheat in most oppressive manner,

    • L. I. P. 12
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 320, 24.
narrowly, exactly, strictly
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  • Manegu díglu þing sindon nearolíce (subtiliter) tó smeáganne

    many secret things are to be narrowly examined,

    • Past. 21, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 153, 13.

  • Swá swýðe nearwelíce hé hit létt út áspyrian (

    of the enquiry which was made when Doomsday Book was compiled

    ),
    • Chr. 1085
      • ;
    • Erl. 218, 34.
  • [He nule nout so neruhliche demen ase ȝe siggeð,
    • A. R. 334, 14.
    ]
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v.  nearu-þanc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “nearulíce.” 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/23513.

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