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þweorlíce

  • adverb
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þweorlíce, adv.
awry, askew, in reversed order
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  • Þwyrlíce færð æt ðam húse ðær seó wyln bið ðære hlǽfdian wissigend and seó hlæfdige bið ðære wylne underðeódd,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 17, 10.
in a way that offers opposition, obstinately, flatly (of refusal)
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  • Hé wiðcwæð þwyrlíce (flatly; cf. Icel. synja, neita þverliga; or angrily,

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    v. þweorh, III
    ) and hí mid gedréfedre ǽbilignysse him fram ádráf

    • Homl. Th. ii. 24, 29.
perversely, evilly
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  • And suá ðeáh hé mid wónweorcum hit tó ðweorlíce ne fremeþ ðeáh hé hit on his móde forlǽtan ne mæge

    et quamvis prava non exerceat opere, ab his tamen non evellitur mente,

    • Past, 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 73, 13.

  • Enervatius, i. debilius sleaclíce, þweorlíce; enerviter, wáclíce,turpiter,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 55.

  • Þwyrlíce lybbende

    praue uiuendo,

    • Scint. 45, 18.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þweorlíce.” 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/32375.

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