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of fighting,
heavy
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(cf. hefig; III),
with great bodies of troops,
  • Chr. 868
    • ;
  • P. 70, I
    • . (in Dict.).
grave, serious
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  • Hefolices gyltes

    gravioris culpe,

    • R. Ben. I. 56, 17
      • .
hard to bear, grievous, oppressive
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  • Gewearð swíðe hefelic and swíðe wólberendlic geár,

    • Chr. 1086
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    • P. 217, 27
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  • ꝥ Þæt heom hefelice ne þince þás þing,

    • Angl. viii. 321, 43, 1083
      • ;
    • P. 215, 25
      • (in Dict.).
hard to do, laborious
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  • Gif hwylcum bréþer hwæt hefelices and unácumenlices

    (aliqua gravia aut impossibilia)

    beboden sý,

    • R. Ben. 128, 10
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causing sorrow or distress, grievous
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  • Swíðe hefelic (or at III. ?) geár and swíðe swincfull and sorhfull geár,

    • Chr. 1085
      • ;
    • P. 217, 17
      • .
overpowering to the senses
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  • Ne cymð þǽr sorh ne sár ne ǽnig geswinc ne hungor ne ðurst ne hefelic slǽp,

    • Wlfst. 139, 27
      • .
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v.  hefig hefig-lic.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hefe-lic.” 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/52138.

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