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cáf-líce

  • adverb
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  • Cáflíce, scearplíce

    efficaciter, i. velociter,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 56.
of rapid movement
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  • Cáflíce cuman

    velociter pervenire,

      R. Ben. 23. 3.

  • Hé rád ormǽte cáflíce,

      Hml. Th. ii. 304, 8.

  • Hí cómon cáflíce rídende,

      Hml. S. 27, 84.
  • Se cásere cáflíce líhte, 101.
of strenuous, energetic action
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  • Cáflíce

    viritim,

      Germ. 396, 162.

  • Þæt folc cáflíce mid rápum ðá anlícnysse bewurpon,

      Hml. Th. i. 464, 18.

  • Singaþ cáflíce

    (naviter),

      Hy. S. 57, 4: An. Ox. 56, 258.

  • Cáflíce

    naviter (coronam nancisci),

      Hpt. Gl. 405, 23.

  • Hí sóna begyrdon hí cáflíce (

    with alacrity),

      Hml. S. 5, 247: R. Ben. 47, 13.

  • Hieu férde mid fultume . . . Ioram áxode hwæðer hé cóme mid sibbe swá cáflíce (

    with such a display of force),

      Hml. S. 18, 330.

  • Hí gearcodon heora mód cáflíce tó campienne

    (to fight valiantly),

      5, 151: 25, 433.

  • Hé ðone cásere cáflíce befrán

    he boldly asked the emperor,

      14, 51.

  • Myngunge þínes fæder cáflíce

    (efficaciter)

    gefyl,
      R. Ben. 1, 4.

  • Geheald þíne heortan cáflíce wið unþeáwas,

      Wlfst. 247, 3: Angl. viii. 323, 36.
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[v. N. E. D. cofly.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “cáf-líce.” 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/41312.

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  • cáf-líce, adv.

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