swǽslíce
- adverb
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Wé andettaþ swǽslíce and sóþlíce Fæder and Sunu and Háligne Gást
confitemur proprie et veraciter Patrem et Filium et Spiritum Sanctum
,- Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 36.
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Ða nán lust yfel swǽslíce gewemþ
eos nulla voluptas mala blande corrumpit
,- Scint. 3, 10.
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Him (
the good) swǽslíce (cf, on ðæt fræte folc (the evil )
hé firene stǽleþ láþum wordum,- 84, 17; Cri. 1375)
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Nealles swǽslíce mé wæs síð álýfed
the way was not made easy for me
,- Beo. Th. 6169; B. 3089.
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Cóman him tó and hine swǽslíce grétton,
- Homl. Skt. i. 5, 210.
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Busiris wolde ǽlcne cuman swíþe árlíce underfón and swíþe swǽslíce wiþ gebǽran (
behave in a very friendly manner to him), ac eft hé (the guest )
sceolde beón ofslegen,- Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 32.
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Tó fela manna is ðe þurh hiwunge eal óðer specaþ, óþer hý þencaþ . . . and swá geráde mánswican on ða wísan swǽslíce swiciaþ (
deceive under an appearance of friendliness
. v. swǽslǽcan, swǽsness),- Wulfst. 55, 6.
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Swǽslíce swicole
deceiving with fair words
,- 79, 4: 82, 2.
Bosworth, Joseph. “swǽslíce.” 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/29521.
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