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wrǽtlíce

  • adverb
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wrǽtlíce, adv.
wondrously, curiously
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  • Hé (the phenix) eft cymeþ, áweaht wrǽtlíce, wundrum tó lífe,

    • Exon. Th. 223, 29
      • ;
    • Ph. 367
      • :
    • 224, 19
      • ;
    • Ph. 378.

  • Seó wiht wæs wrǽtlíce, wundrum gegierwed,

    • 418, 8
      • ;
    • Rä. 37, 2
      • :
    • 422, 14
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 6
      • :
    • 427, 2
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 85
      • :
    • 428, 2
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 102.
wondrously, excellently, beautifully, elegantly, nobly
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  • Ðǽr wrǽtlíce symle telgan gehladene gréne stondaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 202, 26
      • ;
    • Ph. 75.

  • Is him ðæt heáfod hindan gréne, wrǽtlíce wrixled, wurman geblonden,

    • 218, 13
      • ;
    • Ph. 294.

  • Swá wrǽtlíce weoroda God monna craftas sceóp and scyrede,

    • 332, 30
      • ;
    • Vy. 93.

  • Mé on gescyldrum scínan mótan ful wrǽtlíce wundtie loccas,

    • 428, 6
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 104.

  • Ða ðe wrǽtlícost wyrcan cúðon stángefógum,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2037
      • ;
    • 1020.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wrǽtlíce.” 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/36594.

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