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open-líce

  • adverb
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open-líce, adv.
Openly.
publicly, in a way by which not a few only are affected
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  • Eft cymþ God swíðe openlíce (in a way to be seen by all), Ps. Th. 49, 3, Hié openlíce ðæt gesetton

    (they publicly decreed)

    ðæt hé swungen wǽre óþ ðæt hé swylte.
      Blickl. Homl. 193, 3.

  • Wæs ðis ðara wundra ǽrest ðe ðes eádiga wer openlíce beforan óðrum mannum geworhte,

      219, 3 : Homl. Th. i. 58, 15.

  • Hé funde áne tabulan eall áwritene and hí openlíce rǽdde (

    read it out to the bystanders).

      Homl. Skt. i. 23, 767.
without concealment, without reserve, freely
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  • Hé spræc openlíce

    (palam),

      Mk. Skt. 8, 32.

  • Nán man spæc openlíce be him for ðæra Iudéa ege,

      Jn. Skt. 7, 13.

  • Ðá fór hé næs ná openlíce ac dýgollíce,

      7, 10.

  • Monige scylda openlíce wietena

    (aperte cognita),

      Past. 21, 2 ; Swt. 152, 1.

  • Ða díglan gyltas man sceal dígelíce bétan, and ða openan openlíce,

      Homl. Th. i. 498, 10.
plainly, evidently, clearly, manifestly
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  • Swelce hé open, líce cuǽde

    si aperte dicat,

      Past. 21, 2 ; Swt. 153, 11: Blickl. Homl. 81; 19.

  • Búton ic openlíce gecýþe ðæt ic God sylfa sý

    unless I make it evidently appear that l am God himself,

      181, 36.
  • Se wæs openlíce úþwita. Bt. 19: Fox 70, 8 : Met. 13, 72.

  • Hú ne is ðé genóg openlíce geeówad. Bt. 24,

      3; Fox 84, 19: 32, 2; Fox 116, 33.

  • Ic ongite openlíce . . . Ic wolde ðeáh hit fullícor and openlícor of ðé ongitan video . . .

    sed ex te cognoscere malim apertius,

      33, 1; Fox 120, 2-9 : 39, 2-Fox 212, 11.

  • Openlíce

    manifeste,

      Hpt. Gl. 460, 59.

  • Sume sindon openlíce forgitene

    some plainly are forgotten,

      Met. 10, 60.
without obstruction, at large
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  • Wolde openlícor

    (latius)

    ætýwan seó godcunde árfæstnyss on hú myclum wuldre Cúþbyrht æfter his deáþe lifede,
      Bd. 4, 30 ; S. 608, 24.

  • Ic wéne ðæt ðú nyte hwæt ðis gemǽne, búton wé of óðrum bócum ðis openlícor secgan (

    give a fuller account),

      Boutr. Scrd. 18, 27.
  • Ðás þing wé willaþ openlícor gecýðan ðonne ðæt lýden dó, Anglia viii. 298, 25: Chr. 1106; Erl. 240, 35.
Etymology
[O. Sax. opanlíko: O. H. Ger. offanlíhho palam, publice, evidenter.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “open-líce.” 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/24879.

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