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gleáwlíce

  • adverb
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skilfully
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  • Eart þú gleáwlíce swá limwǽdum leóhte gegyrwed

    amictus lumine sicut vestimento,

      Ps. Th. 103, 2.

  • Hú glǽwlíce hé þæt swefen rehte

    quod prudenter somnium dissolvisset,

      Gen. 40, 16.
with discernment, appropriately
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  • Hú þú gleáwlíce mid noman ryhte nemned wǽre Emmanuhel,

      Cri. 130.
with discretion, wisely
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  • Ongan gleáwlíce gingran síne wordum trymman . . . Swá hleóðrode hálig cempa þeáwum geþancul,

      An. 427.

  • Paulus eóde þá gleáwlíce and heora godas sceáwode ealle be endebyrdnesse,

      Hml. S. 29, 20.
with verbs of inquiry, understanding, discriminating,
with clear mental vision, clearly, accurately, diligently
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  • Nú wé sceolon georne gleáwlíce þurhseón ússe hreðercofan heortan eágum,

      Cri. 1328.

  • Gif wé gleáwlíce æfter gástlicum andgite tócnáwað þæt se arc getácnode Godes gelaðunge,

      Hml. Th. ii. 60, 1.
  • Hit gleáwlíce undergeat, i. 122, 18.

  • Ic þæs wénde þæt ic mid wísdóme full gleáwlíce ongitan mihte

    existimabam ut cognoscerem hoc,

      Ps. Th. 72, 13.

  • Ongitan gleáwlíce gástgehygdum,

      An. 863: Jul. 181: Hy. 4, 77.

  • Gleáwlíce

    sollerter (animadverteret ),

      An. Ox. 3131.

  • Geornfullícor, gleáwlícor enixius, i. sagacius (quicquid scrutando

    enixius

    rimaretur,
      Ald. 42, 36), 3104.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. glaulíhho intente, adtente, diligenter, prudenter, solerter.]
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v. fore-gleáwlíce, un-gleáwlíce.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gleáwlíce.” 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/50915.

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  • gleáwlíce, adv.

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