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sárlíce

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sárlíce, adv.
in a manner that causes or
is attended by physical pain, sorely, painfully
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  • Job sæt sárlíce eal on ánre wunde,

      Homl. Th. ii. 452, 27.

  • Blód ðæt wæs sárlíce ágoten,

      Ps. Th. 78, 11.
  • Ðé sculon slítan sárlíce swearte wihta, Soul Kmbl. 145; Seel. 73.

  • Hé sóhte hú hé sárlícast, þurh ða wyrrestan wítu, meahte feorhcwale findan,

      Exon. Th. 276, 25; Jul. 571.
in a manner that causes mental pain, sorely, grievously, lamentably
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  • Ðæt mín fót ful sárlíce ásliden wǽre,

      Ps. Th. 93, 17.

  • Hí mé on dígle deorce stówe settan sárlíce,

      142, 4.

  • Hit oft swíðe sárlíce gebyrede ðæt wríteras forléton unwritene ðara monna dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron

    it has often happened most lamentably, that writers have left unwritten those men's deeds that in their days were most distinguished,

      Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 32.
in a manner that expresses sorrow or
grief, sorely, bitterly, heavily
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  • Apollonius sárlíce sæt,

      Ap. Th. 14, 21.

  • Sárlíce wépende

    weeping bitterly,

      Gen. 21, 16.

  • Ðá onsác se Wísdóm

    then Wisdom sighed heavily,

      Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 24: 40, 3; Fox 238, 7: Wulfst. 133, 14.

  • Ðá wǽron hié ealle sóna unróte, and sárlíce gebǽrdon,

      Blickl. Homl. 225, 14.
Etymology
[O. Frs. sérlíke.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sárlíce.” 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/26440.

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