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hefelíce

  • adverb
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grievously, seriously
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  • Sió stillness oft swíðe hefelíce

    (gravius)

    dereð hira ingeðonce,

    • Past. 351, 6
    • .
  • Óðre syngodon hefelícor þonne þú,

    • Wlfst. 299, 3
    • :
    • Past. 313, 3
    • (in Dict.).
with slow action of mind or body, dully,
  • Mt. 13, 15
  • (in Dict.).
severely, in a way that is hard to bear
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  • Hefelícor steóre (ł) stýðlícor stíre hé sí underþeód

    districtiori discipline subdatur,

    • R. Ben. I. 65 3
    • .
sadly, mournfully
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  • Hefelíce

    lugubriter,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 50
    • .
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v. hefiglíce.
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  • hefelíce, adv.