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werlíce

  • adverb
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werlíce, adv.
after the manner of a male
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  • Se ðe ðis werlíce déð

    qui hoc virili modo fecerat,

      L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 6; Th. ii. 228, 18.
like a man, manfully
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  • Wer uir, werlíce

    uiriliter,

      Ælfc. Gr. 232, 16.

  • Werlíce dó ðú

    viriliter age,

      Ps. Spl. 26, 20: Ps. Surt. 26, 14.

  • Ðǽr wǽron getealde æt ðam gereorde fíf ðúsend wera; for ðon ðe ða menn, ðe tó ðam gástlícan gereorde belimpaþ, sceolon beón werlíce geworhte, swá swá se apostol cwæð: 'Beóð wacole, and standaþ on geleáfan, and onginnaþ werlíce (

    quit you like men;

    viriliter agite, 1
      Cor. 16, 13).'
    Ðeáh gif wífmann bið werlíce geworht, and strang tó Godes willan, heó bið ðonne geteald tó ðám werum ðe æt Godes mýsan sittaþ, Homl. Th. i. 188, 28-34: 360, 13: 542, 25.
Etymology
[Goth. wairaleikó taujaiþ ἀνδρίζεσθε, 1 Cor. 16, 13.]
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v. eal-werlíce.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “werlíce.” 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/35396.

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  • werlíce, adv.

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