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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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