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þegenlíce

  • adverb
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þegenlíce, adv.
Bravely, manfully, like a brave man, gallantly
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  • Beó ðú gehyrt and hicg þegenlíce

    to confortare et viriliter age,

      Jos. 1, 18: Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 248.
  • Heó tó ðám þegnon cwæð: 'Dóð þegnlíce and wel; ábeódaþ míne ǽrende tó ðam gemóte,' Chart. Th. 337, 36.Gif hé ðegenlíce earfoðnysse forberþ,

      Homl. Th. i. 586, 19: Homl. Skt. i. 11, 3.
  • Ealle þeóda sprǽcon hú ðegenlíce hí fuhton, ii. 25, 324.
  • Hé læg ðegenlíce ðeódne gehende

    he lay like a warrior close to his lord,

      Byrht. Th. 140, 26; By. 294.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. thegenlícho viriliter: O. H. Ger. thegan-, degan-l-icho.]
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