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openlíce

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  • Openlíce (

    as all might see

    ) Godes englas lǽddon hine tó heofonum,
      Shrn. 59, 15.

  • Man cíde him openlíce

    publica obiurgatione corripietur,

      Chrd. 61, 16: Hml. S. 31, 187.

  • Sé þe þýfðe oft ǽr forworht wǽre openlíce,

      Ll. Th. i. 228, 25.
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  • Twá cynn sind martyrdómes; án dearnunge, óðer eáwunge. Sé ðe on éhtnysse his líf álǽt, hé bið openlíce martyr,

      Hml. Th. ii. 544, 16.

  • Gif hwá on leásre gewitnesse openlíce

    (without any concealment of the fact)

    stande,
      Ll. Th. i. 398, 11.

  • Gif hwá openlíce lengctenbryce gewyrce,

      402, 29.
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  • Mid þý þá seó gesomnung eall gehýrde swá openlíce þá stefne, þá næs þǽr nǽnig tweó

    quas dum aperte voces congregatio audisset, dubium non fuit,

      Gr. D. 52, 32.

  • Sceal man sealmas singan openlíce and beorhte

    (plane ac lucide),

      Chrd. 57, 14.

  • Openlíce

    liquide,

      63, 27.
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  • Angytfullíce, openlíce

    liquido, i. manifeste,

      An. Ox, 83.

  • Þone plegan, and hiora diófolgield, þæt wǽron openlíce ealle unclǽnnessa,

      Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 13.

  • Þú þe nelt þé eallunga geeówian openlíce nánum óðrum búton þám þe geclǽnsode beóð on heora móde

    qui nisi mundos verum scire noluisti,

      Solil. H. 5, 20.

  • Sege hwæthwugu swetolor ymb þæt, þæt ic mage openlícor ongytan,

      46, 3.

  • Magon wé ðis spel ðe openlícor gereccean

    quod melius ostendimus,

      Past. 197, 11.
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  • Hwæt þú woldest witan ic ne mæg mid fæáwum weordum gesecgan. Gif þú hyt openlíce witan wilt, þonne scealt þú hyt sécan on þǽre béc þe wé hátað

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    . . . þæt þú meaht gehýran micle openlícor on þǽre bec,
      Solil. H. 64, 22-33.

  • Wé móten God geseón openlíce, ealne geseón swylce swylce hé ys,

      67, 7.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “openlíce.” 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/56734.

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