wáclíce
weakly ⬩ feebly ⬩ poorly ⬩ meanly ⬩ cheaply
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Gehwam sceamaþ, gif hé gelaðod bið tó woruldlícum gyftum, ðæt hé wáclíce gescrýd cume, Homl. Th. i. 528, 23. Wáclícor vilius, R. Ben. Interl. 92, 4.
wáclíce
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Þe lǽs þú weorðe . . . tó úpáhafen . . . ne eft tó wáclice geortreówe ǽniges gódes. Met. 5, 34. Add
un-wáclíce
not weakly ⬩ resolutely ⬩ without faltering ⬩ not meanly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly
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not weakly, resolutely, without faltering Ðæt hí æt þearfe þolian sceoldon, unwáclíce wǽpna neótan, Byrht. Th. 140, 54; By. 308. Ic beó gearo sóna unwáclíce willan ðínes, Exon. Th. 245, 25; Jul. 50. not meanly, nobly, splendidly His aferan eád bryttedon
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wác-líc
Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.
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Wé mihton eów secgan áne lytle bysne, gif hit tó wáclíc nǽre, Homl. Th. i. 40, 27. Wáclíc bið him swá lytel tó sendenne, 400, 20. Hí wǽdliende on ánum wáclícum wǽfelse férdon, 62, 29. Him þúhte tó wáclícre dǽde, ðæt hé fordyde hine ǽnne, Homl.
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wacollíce
Watchfully ⬩ vigilantly
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Watchfully, vigilantly Hé (Gregory) wæs swíðe wacol on Godes bebodum, and hé wacollíce ymbe manegra ðeóda þearfe hogode, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 15
wacorlíce
Watchfully ⬩ vigilantly ⬩ carefully
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Watchfully, vigilantly, carefully Sint tó lǽranne ða ofersprǽcean ðæt hié wacorlíce (vigilanter) ongieten..., Past. 38; Swt. 277, 4. Ðonne ðæt mód wacorlíce stiéreþ ðære sáwle cum mens vigilanter animam regit, 56; Swt. 433, 4. Is ús swíðe wocorlíce tó
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un-wáclíc
Not mean ⬩ not poor ⬩ noble ⬩ splendid
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Not mean, not poor, noble, splendid Gegiredon ád unwáclícne, Beo. Th. 6268; B. 3138
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wác-lic
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Add: poor with regard to physical properties Hé wæs swíðe wáclic on his gewǽdum erat valde vilis in vestibus, Gr. D. 34, I. with regard to mental or spiritual properties Ic sylf, án wáclic man ( homuncio ), Gr. D. 7, 22.
þigen
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Ofet hine fédde, and wudehunig, and óðre wáclice ðigena, Hml. Th. i. 352, 8
yfel-lic
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Add: Poor, mean, common. of persons Án yfellic (wáclic, v. l.) man homuncio , Gr. D. 7, 24.
teartness
Sharpness, severity, asperity
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Sharpness, severity, asperity Drihten herede Iohannem for ðære teartnysse his reáfes, forðan ðe hé wæs mid olfendes hǽrum gescrýd wáclíce and stíðlíce, Homl. Th. i. 330, 1. For ðæs wyntres teartnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 152.
un-gerýdelic
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of material, rough Hé bróhte án reáf ungerýdelic him tó wáclic and lytel, Homl. S. 31, 926 (cf. 970), rough, violent Þurh þone byþ oferswíþed ꝥ ungerýdelice and ꝥ hlúde geflit þæs folces per quam tumultuosae turbae seditio comprimatur, Gr.
wícnian
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Sum æðelboren cild heóld leóht ætforan his mýsan, and ongann módigian ðæt hit on swá wáclícum ðingum him wícnian sceolde, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 25
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hýr
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Add: payment contracted to be made for the temporary use of anything Sume men syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafenað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml. S. 19, 248. <b>Ia.
þweorlíce
awry ⬩ askew ⬩ in reversed order ⬩ in a way that offers opposition ⬩ obstinately ⬩ flatly ⬩ perversely ⬩ evilly
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Enervatius, i. debilius sleaclíce, þweorlíce; enerviter, wáclíce,turpiter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 55. Þwyrlíce lybbende praue uiuendo, Scint. 45, 18
nyt-weorþ
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Hwæþer þæt (anweald) nú sié tó talianne wáclic and unnyt ꝥte nytwyrþost is eallra ðissa woruldþinga ? num imbecillum ac sine viribus aestimandum est, quod (potentia) omnibus rebus constat esse praestantius?, Bt. 25, 4; F. 86, 16. Add
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mylen
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Sume menn syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafnað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml. S. 19, 248-253. Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 13.
scrudnian
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Míne gebroðra, scrutniaþ mid hú wáclícum wurðe Godes ríce biþ geboht, Homl. Th. i. 582, 25. Twá þing sind ðe wé sceolon carfullíce scrutnian, ii. 82, 25. Scrutniende scrutando, investigando. Hpt. Gl. 410, 12.
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hulc
A hut ⬩ hovel ⬩ cabin
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On wáclícum screafum oððe hulcum lútigende lurking in miserable dens or hovels, 544, 30
ge-éhtan
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Gioehtende am persecutus sum, Rtl. 60, 7. to get by pursuit. of conquest, to gain a country Claudius cóm tó Brytlande and geeóde mycel dǽl églandes, and eác ꝥ égeland of Orcanie hé geéhte tó Rómánan anwealde, Chr. 46; P. 7, 29. to purchase Mid wáclicum