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þæs-líc

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þæs-líc, adj.
suitable, seemly, becoming, fit, meet, congruous
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  • Gehýþlíc, þæslíc vel gescrǽpe

    commodus, i. honestus, congruus, utilis, aptus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 81.

  • Ðæslíc (operae) pretium (v.

    operas pretium, congruum

    neádþearflíc,
      Hpt. Gl. 477, 38), Anglia xiii. 33, 163.

  • Gif líf his on wyrþscype sí wel þæslíc

    si vita honore sit condigna,

      Scint. 125, 5.

  • Swíde þæslíc anginn menniscre álýsednysse wæs ðæt se engel wearð ásend fram Gode tó ðam mǽdene,

      Homl. Th. i. 194, 27.

  • Hit nis ná gedafenlíc ne þæslíc, ðæt ic ðe swá grimlíce forworht eom, ðæt ic ðíne anlícnysse sceáwige,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 434.

  • Náht þæslíces deáðe

    nihil dignum morte,

      Lk. Skt. 23, 15.

  • Forbærn mid fýre þæslícum (

    congruo

    ),
      Hymn. Surt. 29, 25 : Hpt. Gl. 443, 15.

  • Ðæt hí Godes þénunge mid þæslícere endebyrdnysse gefyldon,

      Homl. Th. i. 508, 29.

  • Þurh þǽslíce deádbóte

    per dignam poenitentiam,

      Scint. 40, 2.

  • Swá þæslíc folc and him swá gecwéme,

      Lchdm. iii. 434, 8.

  • Ða gelimplícan, þæslíc

    congrua, i. convenientia,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 39.

  • On þæslícum tíman

    competentibus horis,

      132, 66.

  • Þæslícum

    congruis, aptis, opportunis,

      Hpt. Gl. 437, 63.

  • Hwæt mæg beón þæslícre

    what can be more fitting?

      L. E. I. 27; Th. ii. 424, 5.
comely, fair, elegant
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  • Mid þæslíce getingnysse

    elegante (pulchra) sententia ł peritia,

      Hpt. Gl. 528, 3.

  • Ðá geseah ic týn geonge men genóh þæslíce on líchaman,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 370.
accordant, in agreement, in harmony
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  • Ða cýðnessa nǽron þæslíce .. . And hyra cýðnys næs þæslíc

    convenientia testimonia non erant . . . Et non erat conveniens testimonium illorum,

      Mk. Skt. 14, 56-59.
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v. ge-, unþæslíc, and next word.
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v.  his-lic.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þæs-líc.” 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/31495.

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