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þearflíce

  • adverb
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Grammar
þearflíce, adv.
Usefully, profitably, with profit, to good purpose
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  • Wé mihton ðás hálgan rǽdinge menigfealdlícor trahtnian, ac ús twýnaþ hwæðer gé magon máran deópnysse ðǽron þearflíce tócnáwan

    whether you can with profit know the profounder parts of the subject,

      Homl. Th. i. 556, 15.
  • Angan listum ymbe þencean þearflíce hú hé þider meahte Crécas oncerran,

      Met. 1, 60.
Etymology
[Icel. þarfliga usefully.]
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