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scearp-líc

  • adjective
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scearp-líc, adj.
Sharp, keen, searching, effectual
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  • Hwæt is sió þyrelung ðæs wáges búton scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes ðæt mon onlúce ða heardan heortan

    quid est parietem fodere, nisi acutis inquisitionibus duritiam cordis aperire?

      Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 1.
  • Ðonne hé him gecýð mid hú scearplícum costungum wé sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde

    cum tentationum aculeos nos undique circumdantes innotescit,

      21, 5; Swt. 163, 16.
  • Hú ne gesceóp ðé se scaþa scearplíce bysne

    nonne exempla tibi dabat latro?

      Dóm. L. 53.
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  • scearp-líc, adj.