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heá-líce

  • adverb
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in a local sense,
on high
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  • Pilatus ásette ðis gewrit to ðǽre róde bufon Crístes heáfde heálíce,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 254, 27
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  • Stód se earming ætforan þám deófle þǽr hé heálíce sæt,

    • Hml. S. 3, 372
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  • Se wítga cwæð þæt áhæfen wǽren heálíce upp sunne and móna,

    • Cri. 693.
in or to a high position or rank
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  • Se fæder þóhte hwám hé hí

    (his daughter)

    mihte heálícost forgifan,

    • Ap. Th. 1. 13.
specially:
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  • Heálícust on tíde gebedes

    precipue in tempore orationis,

    • Scint. 36, 16
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in or to a high degree or extent, greatly, extremely
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  • Ealle mægene hergan heálíce,

    • Cri. 383
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  • Swá swá heálicor ic geswu[telige]

    ut ahius pandam,

    • An. Ox. 5058
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  • Hit nis gít se tíma ꝥ ic þé heálícor mæge onbryrdan

    firmioribus remediis nondum tempus est,

    • Bt. 5, 3
      • ;
    • F. 14, 14
      • .
with elevated voice:
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  • Seraphines cynn unáþreótendum þrymmum singað ful heálíce

    (or under IV. P but see heálic; IV. l a)

    hlúdan stefne fægre,

    • Cri. 389
      • .
with high quality, nobly
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  • Hé bið geniéd mid ðǽm folgoðe ðæt hé sceal heálíce sprecan

    loci sui necessitate exigitur summa dicere,

    • Past. 81, 6
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of workmanship,
with perfect workmanship, elaborately
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  • Heofon ongeat hwá hine heálíce torhtne getremede tungolgimmum,

    • Cri. 1150
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Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. highly; adv.
]
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v.  heá-lic.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “heá-líce.” 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/52000.

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