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ge-risenlíce

  • adverb
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Add: - I. suitably, appropriately
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  • Hwá mseg þá nú, þe ic beeóde, gerisenlícor tóweorpan bonne ic sylfa

    yuis ea, quae colui, aptiusquam ipse destruámf,

      Bd. 2, 13 ; Sch. 168. 3.

  • Hwilc biscop . , . gehálgad wǽre, ꝥ we on ðysse æfterfylgendan béc gerisenlícur (-rysen-, v. l. ) and gelimplicur secgad

    quis . . . dedicatus sit antistes libra sequente oportunius dicetur,

      3, 29; Sch. 330, 4. tó swylcre tide swylce heom eallum þince ðæt hi best and gerisenlicost hi forðbringa. i magon, C. D. iii. 295, 10. II. honourably,
in a way that deserves honour, creditably
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    ic unfracodl. ce and gerisenlice mihte steóran þone anweald þe mé befæst wæs,
      Bt. 17; F. 58, 27.
in a way that shews honour or
respect
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  • pxs bisceopes ban . . . , swá swá hit wel swá árwyrðum bisceope gerás, gerisenlice gehealdene wǽron ossn eius . iuxta uenerationem tanto pontifice dignam condita sunt,

      Bd. 3, 17 ; Sch. 268, 24.
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v. un-gerisenlice.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-risenlíce.” 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/49411.

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