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ge-wunelíce

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usually, generally. Cf. ge-wunelic;
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  • Man þá béc rǽt on circan swíðe gewunelíce,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 1.
  • On eallum limum ac gewunelícost on þám handum,

      Hml. S. 1, 200.
where a practice is made of doing something, as a matter of habit or
custom
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  • Ðá seó tíd middæges tó becóm, þá oðstód[hé] . . . and hine gewunelíce gebæd, for þan þe hé gewunode on þám gesettum tídum . . . gebiddan,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 162.
  • Hé beginð tó healdenne swylce gecyndelíce and gewunlíce (-wune,

    v. l.) velut naturaliter ex consuetudine incipiet custodire,

      R. Ben. 32, 1.
  • Hí syððan gewunelíce þider sóhton

    afterwards they made a practice of visiting the place (but see

      Bl. H. 201, 12 under ge-wuna;
5), Hml. Th. i. 504, 6. II a.
with constant practice, assiduously
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  • Ðá ðe giwunlíce God heriað

    qui assidue Deum laudant,

      Rtl. 113, 8.
usually, in ordinary circumstances
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  • Syricas beteran þonne þá þe hý gewunelíce weriað

    tonice solito quas habent meliores,

      R. Ben. 91, 11: An. Ox. 2765.
in accordance with fixed custom, properly, regularly. v. ge-wunelic;
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  • Gewunelíce

    rite (et regulariter congruere ),

      An. Ox. 5145.
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v. un-gewunelíce.
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