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eáþelíce

  • adverb
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cf. eáþe; adv.
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  • Se mihte hine eft árǽran eáðelíce tó lífe,

      Hml. A. 67, 39: 107, 152: 109, 239.
  • On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mihte eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan,

      Bl. H. 207, 23.
cf. eáþe;
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  • Eáþelíce

    facile,

      Wülck. Gl. 252, 2.
  • Ne sý him nó eáþelíce þæs infæres getíðod

    non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus,

      R. Ben. 97, 4.
  • Hwænne þú eáðelícost miht tó þam folce becuman Hml. A. 110, 257.
cf. eáþe;
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  • Ꝥ hié þe eáþelícor and þe wysumlícor þá myclan byrðenne áberan mihton,

      Bl. H. 135, 7.
fickly, weakly. v. eáþe-lic;
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  • Hí geáðelíce (cf. (?) geáþ; but for form cf. gearfoþe under earfoþe) forléton Godes gesetnysse

    fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini,

      Jud. 3, 7.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. eathly. O. H. Ger. óð-líhho.]
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v. íþelíce.
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v.  geáþ.
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  • eáþelíce, adv.