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stíþlíce

  • adverb
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stíþlíce, adv.
Hardly, severely ; violenter,
    Hpt. Gl. 435, 60 : 514, 22
; rigide, Kent. Gl. 660. Stíðlícor restrictius, R. Ben. Interl. 6, 5. Stíþlícor districtior, i. rigidior, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 49.
firmly, without giving way
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  • Ðás geweorc stondaþ stíðlíce,

      Exon. Th. 351, 28 ; Sch. 87.
strongly, effectually
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  • Mé com stíðlíce tó móde

    it was strongly impressed on my mind,

    Anglia viii.
      313, 3.

  • Ðú stíðlíce eallum miltsadest,

      Ps. Th. 101, 12.
sternly, hardly, severely
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  • Hwílon láreów mín áwecþ mé stíþlíce (

    duriter

    ) mid gyrde,
      Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 31.

  • Stíðlíce clypode wícinga ár,

      Byrht. Th. 132, 33 ; By. 25.

  • Hé stíðlíce þrowode for úre ealra neóde,

      Wulfst. 126, 10.

  • Hý fuhton stíðlíce ymbe ða hálgan sáwle,

      236, 23.

  • Hé hit sceal swíðe stíðlíce gebétan,

      L. E. I. 14 ; Th. ii. 412, 2.

  • Hé wæs gescrýd wáclíce and stíðlíce,

      Homl. Th. i. 330, 2.
  • Hé swíðe stíðlíce leofode, ii. 38, 6.

  • Stíðlíce drohtnigende,

      354, 16.

  • Hé stíðlícor mid untrumnyssum ofsett wæs,

      120, 7.
strictly
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  • Ðæt líf stíðlíce healdan

    to observe a course of life strictly,

      R. Ben. 76, 4. [Hú hé
    stíðlucest hér on lífe libben mihte, Shrn. 12, 18.]
Etymology
[Icel. stinn-liga strongly.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “stíþlíce.” 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/29045.

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