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mynster-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
mynster-líce, adv.

Monastically ⬩ in a manner suitable to a monastery

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Monastically, in a manner suitable to a monastery Riht is ðæt mynecena mynsterlíce macian ( act in accordance with monastic rules), L. I. P. 15; Th. i. 322, 32. Hé æþele mynster getimbrede. Ðá hé ðá ðæt hæfde mynsterlíce ge þeáwlíce gesett, Bd. 3, 19

neód-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
neód-líce, adv.

Diligently ⬩ sedulously ⬩ zealously ⬩ eagerly ⬩ earnestly

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Diligently, sedulously, zealously, eagerly, earnestly Smire ða sídan mid dý neódlíce smear the sides with it diligently, Lchdm. ii. 262, 11. Dá éfste se abbud wið ðæs muneces, and neódlíce ( eagerly, anxiously ) cwæþ : 'Hwǽr is se ðe ðú feredest?' Homl

Linked entry: nýd-líce

rǽd-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
rǽd-líce, adv.
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wisely, skilfully, cleverly Hé rǽdlíce slóh swá hé hine ( the ball ) nǽfre feallan ne lét, Ap. Th. 13, 5. Ðæt hé meahte ðæt folc ðý wíslícor and ðý rǽdlícor lǽran, Past. 18, 2; Swt. 131, 18. advisedly, deliberately, designedly, on purpose Rǽdlíce consulto

gilp-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
gilp-líce, adv.

Proudly ⬩ vauntingly ⬩ arroganter

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Proudly, vauntingly; arroganter, Cot. 1, Lye

bismor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bismor-líce, bysmor-líce, bysmer-líce; adv.

Disgracefully, indecently, irreverently, contemptuously, reproachfully ⬩ probrose, indecore, inverecunde, contumeliose

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[bismer, bismor disgrace, -líce] Disgracefully, indecently, irreverently, contemptuously, reproachfully; probrose, indecore, inverecunde, contumeliose Bysmerlíce disgracefully, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 2; Jud. 100. Hí willaþ, binnan Godes húse, bysmorlíce

Linked entries: bysmer-líce bysmor-líce bismer-líce

ge-líca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-líca, an; m : also ge-líce, an; f.

An equal ⬩ æqualis ⬩ par ⬩ æqualitas

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An equal; æqualis, par, æqualitas Nán man nis his gelíca on eorþan non sit ei similis in terra, Job. Thw. 164, 17. Micel is ðæt ongin ðínre gelícan great is the attempt for thy equal [cf. Ger. für Deinesgleichen; colloquial English for the like of you

Linked entry: un-gelíca

geornful-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
geornful-líce, comp. -lícor; adv. [geornful eager]

Anxiously, diligently, earnestly ⬩ stŭdiōse, dīlĭgenter, sēdŭlo

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Anxiously, diligently, earnestly; stŭdiōse, dīlĭgenter, sēdŭlo He húsulfatu and leóhtfatu geornfullíce gegearwode vasa sancta et lumĭnāria stŭdiōsissĭme parāvit, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 4. Swá he geornfullícor ðæs écan lífes gewilnode he the more earnestly

gesǽli-líce

(adv.)

happily ⬩ fēlīcĭter

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happily; fēlīcĭter, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 27

self-líce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
self-líce, adj.
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Self-satisfied, self-complacent, conceited, arrogant Oft se welega and se wædla habbaþ suá gehweorfed hira þeáwum ðæt se welega biþ eáðmód and sorgfull and se wædla biþ upáhæfen and selflíce plerumque personarum ordinem permutat qualitas morum, ut sit

scot-lira

(n.)
Grammar
scot-lira, an; m.
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The fleshy part of the leg, the calf of the leg Scotliran suras, Lchdm. i.lxxiv, 19. Cf. spear-lira

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

sund-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sund-lida, (Th.), -liden (Grn.), Beo. Th. 452; B. 223.

Similar entry: sund

swét-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
swét-líce, adv.
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Sweetly, pleasantly Swétlíce drincan ða word ðínes wísdómes verba tuae scientiae dulciter haurire, Bd. 5, 24; S. 649, 1

swín-líca

(n.)
Grammar
swín-líca, an; m.
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The figure of a swine or boar Wǽpna smið (ðone helm) besette swínlícum, Beo. Th. 2910 ; B. 1453

sundor-lípe

Grammar
sundor-lípe, v. synder-lípe,
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twí-líce

(adv.)

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un-lígne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lígne, adj.

Not to be denied or rejected ⬩ incontrovertible

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Not to be denied or rejected, incontrovertible Biscopes word and cyninges sié unlǽgne búton áðe a bishop's word and a king's is to be accepted without an oath, L. Wih. 16; Th. i. 40, 12. Þissa ealra áð sié unlégnæ, 21; Th. i. 42, 1

Linked entry: un-lǽgne

wist-líce

(adv.)
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for wíslíce, Anglia xi. 108, 14: 109, 46. Cf. Wulfst. 51, 15: 52, 28

an-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
an-líce, v. on-líce
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in Dict

án-lípig

Grammar
án-lípig, (ǽn-).
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Add: Single; singulus Ǽnlípige men singuli homines, Ælfc. Gr. 284, 5. single, sole, by one's self, alone Ánlípig aldormon one or other alderman acting by himself; MS. E has ealdormen ) and cyninges þegnas oft ráde onridon, Chr. 871; P. 72, 14. Hwílum

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