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un-mǽþlíce

  • adverb
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Grammar
un-mǽþlíce, adv.
immoderately, out of measure
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  • Seó wydewe mænigfealde sceattas hyre unmǽðlíce beád (

    was immoderate in her offers

    ),
    • Homl. Skt. i. 2, 147.

  • Hé hét ðone bisceop unscrýdan and unmǽðlíce ( or II) swingan,

    • ii. 29, 231.
inhumanely.
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v. mǽþlíce
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  • Ða ðe hæfdon sum þing lytles tó bigleofan, ðæt gelæhton reáferas and of ðam múðe him ábrudon unmǽðlíce mid þreáte,

    • Homl. Ass. 68, 73.

  • Ǽlc læhte of óðrum ðone mete of ðam múðe swíðe unmægðlíce,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 11.
Etymology
[For lutle ich mei makien to muchelin unmeaðeliche, ȝef me hut hit,
  • Marh. 15, 9.
ȝeieð luddre and unmeðluker,
  • A. R. 266, 1.
]
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v.  mǽþlíce.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-mǽþlíce.” 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/33526.

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  • un-mǽþlíce, adv.

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