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ge-cwémlíce

  • adverb
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agreeably, so as to please, acceptably
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  • Wel ðrowað se man and Gode gecwémlíce, sé ðe winð ongeán leahtras,

      Hml. Th. i. 164, 20: Hml. A. 14, 22.
  • Þæt þe gé tó friðes bóte gecoren hæfdon mid micclum wísdóme and mé swýðe gecwémlíce. Ll. Th. i. 278, 3.
  • Hú hé Gode gecwémlícost mihte lybban,

      Guth. 30, 15.
so as to satisfy, satisfactorily
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  • Ús ꝥ gecwémelíce cýþað þǽre sóðfæstnesse word

    veritatis nobis verba satisfacerent,

      Gr. D. 315, 14.
suitably, conveniently, fitly
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  • Þeós wíse nú hí sylfe gecwémlíce gegearwode

    occasio apta se praebuit,

      Gr. D. 60, 6.
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  • ge-cwémlíce, adv.