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wrǽt-líc

  • adjective
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wrǽt-líc, adj.
wondrous, curious
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  • Grendles heáfod and ðære idese mid, wliteseón wrǽílíc.

    • Beo. Th. 3304
      • ;
    • B. 1650.

  • Stefn cwom þurh heardne [stán] . . . . wrǽtlíc þúhte stánes ongin,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1480
      • ;
    • An. 741.

  • Ic eom wrǽtlíc wiht, on gewin sceapen,

    • Exon. Th. 405, 14
      • ;
    • Rä. 24, 2
      • :
    • 483, ii
      • ;
    • Rä. 69, 1.

  • Wiht wrǽtlícu,

    • 415, 23
      • ;
    • Rä. 34, 2.

  • Mé ðæt þúhte wrǽtlícu wyrd,

    • 432, 6
      • ;
    • Rä. 48, 2.

  • Wrǽtlíc mé þinceþ, hú seó wiht mæge wordum lácan þurh fót neoþan,

    • 414, 11
      • ;
    • Rä. 32, 18.

  • Ðæt is wrǽtlíc þing tó gesecganne,

    • 421, 27
      • ;
    • Rä. 40, 24.

  • Wrǽtlícne wyrm,

    • Beo. Th. 1786
      • ;
    • B. 891.

  • Wrǽtlíce gecynd wildra,

    • Exon. Th. 356, 9
      • ;
    • Pa. 9.

  • Ða wrǽtlícan wiht,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 505
      • ;
    • Sal. 253.

  • Se mé on flíteþ wordum wrǽtlícum,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2401
      • ;
    • An. 1202,

  • Ic seah wrǽtlíce wuhte feówer.

    • Exon. Th. 434, 15
      • ;
    • Rä. 52, l
      • :
    • 429, 8
      • ;
    • Rä. 43, l.

  • Hé hafaþ óþre gecynd wrǽtlícran,

    • 363, 8
      • ;
    • Pa. 50.
of wondrous excellence, beautiful, noble, excellent, elegant
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  • Ceastra . . . orðanc enta geweorc, . . . wrǽtlíc wealistána geweorc,

    • Menol. Fox 465
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 3
    • : Exon. Th. 476, l
      • ;
    • Ruin. l.

  • Wrǽtlíc is see womb neoþan, wundrum fæger, scír and scýne,

    • 219, 14
      • ;
    • Ph. 307
      • :
    • 356, 29
      • ;
    • Pa. 19.

  • Heofoncyninges stefn wrǽtlíc,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 185
      • ;
    • An. 93.

  • Syndon ða foreweallas fægre gestépte, wrǽtlícu wǽgfaru,

    • Cd. Th. 196, 27
      • ;
    • Exod. 298.

  • Ðæs wrǽtlícan hringes,

    • Exon. Th. 441, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 60, 17.

  • Healsbeáh, . . . wrǽtlícne wundormáþðum,

    • Beo. Th. 4352
      • ;
    • B. 2173.

  • Wrǽtlíc wigsweord,

    • 2982
      • ;
    • B. 1489
      • :
    • 4668
      • ;
    • B. 2339
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 437, 5
      • ;
    • Rä. 56, 3
      • .

  • Wundrum wrǽtlíce wyllan,

    • 202, l
      • ;
    • Ph. 63.

  • Wrǽtlíc weorc smiþa,

    • 408, 18
      • ;
    • Rä. 27, 14.

  • Wordum wrǽtlícuni, . . . beorhtanreorde,

    • 32, 7
      • ;
    • Cri. 509
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1259
      • ;
    • An. 630.

  • Wrǽtlícra, ǽnlícra and fægerra,

    • Exon. Th. 357, 12
      • ;
    • Pa. 27.

  • Heó wæs on sangum wrǽtlícre, ðonne heora ǽnig ǽr wǽre,

      Homl. Ass. 127, 365.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wrǽt-líc.” 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/36593.

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