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nyt-líc

  • adjective
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nyt-líc, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§634;
Useful, profitable, beneficial
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  • Ǽghwæðer ( the male and female pennyroyal ) ys nytlíc (MS. H. netlíc) . . . and hí on him habbaþ wundorlíce mihte,

    • Lchdm. i. 204, 11.
  • Móna se feórþæ wercu onginnan nytlíc ys

    the fourth day of the moon is advantageous for beginning works,

    • iii. 184, 28.
  • Mǽden (

    a girl born on the eighth day of the moon

    )

    is nytlíce,

    • 188, 6.
  • Is eallum mannum nytlíc, ðæt hié heora fulwihthádas wel gehealdan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 109, 26.
  • Ic ne gýmde ðara nytlícra geþeahta mínra freónda

    utilia consilia spreveram amicorum,

    • Nar. 6, 26.
  • Monig nytlíco þing

    multa utilia,

    • Bd. 5, 20
    • ;
    • S. 642, 19.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. nuz-líh utilis.
]
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v. un-nytlíc.
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