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eges líce

  • adverb
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eges líce, adv. [eges líce in likeness of fear=]
Fearfully; terrĭbĭlĭter
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  • Hí náht ne belimpaþ to ðam þunere ðe on ðyssere lyfte oft eges*-*líce brastlaþ

    they do not appertain to the thunder which in this atmosphere often crackles fearfully,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 19,
    • 26;
    • Lchdm. iii. 280,
    • 13.
  • Worpaþ hine deófol on dómdæge egeslíce

    the devil shall fearfully cast him down in the day of doom,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 52
    • ;
    • Sal. 26
    • .
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