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sláwlíce

  • adverb
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Grammar
sláwlíce, adv.
Slowly, sluggishly; pigre
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  • Ðæt hié tó sláwlíce ðara ne giémen ðe him befæste sién

    ut a commissorum custodia minime tor-pescant,

    • Past. 28, 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 191, 23
    • .
  • Ic wéne ðæt hé hiene snide sláwlícor (sláulícor,

    • Hatt. MS.
    )

    pigrius fortasse incideret,

    • 26, 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 186, 3
    • .
Etymology
[
Ne dyde hé ꝥ náht sláulíce, Anglia x. 143, 87.
Man slawliche ariseð, and late to chireche goð, O. E. Homl. ii. II, 35.
Icel. slæ-, sljó-liga slowly, dully, carelessly.
]
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v. un-sláwlíce.
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