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stæflíc

  • adjective
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Grammar
stæflíc, adj.
literal
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  • Wé understandaþ ðæt gástlíce andgit ðæra bóca, and hí rǽdaþ ða stæflícan gereccednesse,

      Homl. Th. ii. 114, 35.
  • Hí nellaþ understandan bútan ðæt steaflíce (stæf-, MSS. C. D.) andgit

    the literal meaning,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 73.
literate
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  • Stæflecum

    liberalitatis (literatis?),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 55.
Etymology
[Icel. stafligr pertaining to letters.]
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  • stæflíc, adj.