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earmlíce

  • adverb
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miserably.
cf. earm-lic,
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  • Réðe fore*-*bécna ꝥ folc earmlíce brégdon (drehtan,

    v. l.

    ),
      Chr. 793; P. 55, 33.

  • Hú earmlíce hit gefaren is gynd þás ðeóde,

      Wlfst. 166, 11.

  • Hí earmlíce férdon swá ꝥ se hálga wer hí wundorlíce geband,

      Hml. S. 32, 206.
piteously, cf. earm-lic,
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  • Þéh þe heó earmlíce hiere feores tó him wilnade

    quamvis miserabiliter pro vita precantem,

      Ors. 3, 11; S. 150, 33.
pitiably. Cf. earm-lic,
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  • Sume hreówlíce on fótan gangende, sume earmlíce rídende,

      Chr. 1075; P. 210, 17.

  • Þá ealdan sculan earmlíce licgan heápmǽlum æt hám hungre ácwolene,

      Wlfst. 295, 15.
meanly.
Cf. earm-lic,
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  • Ðú woldest beón foremǽre on weorþscipe . . . þonne scealt þú óleccan swíþe earmlíce and swíþe eádmódlíce þám þe þé tó þám gefultumian mæge

    dignitatibus fulgere velis? danti supplicabis; et poscendi humilitate vilesces,

      Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 11.

  • Hú mæg mon earmlícor gebǽron, þonne mon hine underþeóde his weregan flǽsce

    quis non spernat atque abjiciat vilissimae fragilissimae*-*que rei, corporis, servum?,

      F. 114, 23.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. armliche. O. H. Ger. armelícho.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “earmlíce.” 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/43449.

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  • earmlíce, adv.

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