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twádæg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
twádæg-líc, adj.

Lasting two days

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Lasting two days Twádæglíc (twydæglíc, Bd. M. 350, 32) fæsten is genóh tó healdenne biduanum sat est observare jejunium, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 8

Linked entry: twidæg-líc

tweó-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tweó-líc, adj.

doubtful ⬩ uncertain ⬩ ambiguous

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doubtful, uncertain Hit biþ twýlíc, hwæðer hit on lífe áðolige,ðæt is twýlíces cynnes, Homl. Th. ii. 50, 24. Dubii generis, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 6; Zup. 19, 17. Ðǽr beóþ kende ðæt beóþ twílíce, homodubii, Nar. 36, 18: 35, 3 note. ambiguous Ðá andwyrde hire

Linked entries: tweó-mann twí-líc

tweónigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tweónigend-líc, adj.

Expressing doubt

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Expressing doubt Sume syndon ðæt synd twýnigendlíce (tweóniend-, MS. H.), dubitativa, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 228, 16. Twýniendlíce, 44; Zup. 261, 2

Linked entry: twýnigend-líc

twýnigend-líc

(adj.)

Similar entry: tweónigend-líc

tyhtend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tyhtend-líc, adj.

That serves far exhortation ⬩ encouragement ⬩ hortative

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That serves far exhortation, encouragement, etc. hortative Wé wyllaþ sume tihtendlíce sprǽce wið eów habban, Homl. Th. ii. 574, 20. Sume adverbia syndon ðæt synd tihtendlíce, ortativa, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 227, 16. Hé mid tihtendlícum wordum heora gewǽhtan

Linked entry: tihtend-líc

þæs-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þæs-líc, adj.

suitable ⬩ seemly ⬩ becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ meet ⬩ congruous ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ elegant ⬩ accordant ⬩ in agreement ⬩ in harmony

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suitable, seemly, becoming, fit, meet, congruous Gehýþlíc, þæslíc vel gescrǽpe commodus, i. honestus, congruus, utilis, aptus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 81. Ðæslíc (operae) pretium neádþearflíc, (v. operas pretium, congruum Hpt. Gl. 477, 38), Anglia xiii. 33

Linked entry: his-lic

fracoþ-lic

foul ⬩ filthy ⬩ lucre

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foul (language), filthy (lucre) Of gálnysse cumað higeleás and fracodlic sprǽc, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 7. Ne sý seó syn nǽfre tó ðám fracodlic, Wlfst. 135, 13. Ǽlc fracodlic fácn áweorpe man, 73, 16. Hí ongunnon hine onscunian mid máran orwyrðum fracoðlicra

fram-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fram-lic, (freom-); adj.

Stout ⬩ bold

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Stout, bold Hé (Nero) nóht fromlices (freom-, v.l.) ongan on ðǽre cynewísan nihil omnino in re militari ausus est, Bd. 1, 3; Sch. 15, 21

Linked entry: freomlic

frécen-lic

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Hú frécenlic ðæt is quam perniciosa sintea. Past. 441, 8. Froecenlic dearfscip periculosa praesumtio, Mt. p. 1, 4. Hit ús is frécenlic, ꝥ wé hit eów ne cýðen, Hml. A. 139, 24. Gif þás tácn lange wuniað, þonne biþ seó ádl tó frécenlico, Lch. ii. 258, 21

frécend-lic

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Ǽgðer is swíðe frécendlic, ge ꝥ him hwá unmedomlíce onfoo, and eác ꝥ him hwá tó lange bútan sý, Ll. Th. ii. 440, 21. Uneáðe þá frécendlican nýdþearfnysse ádreógende, Hml. S. 23 b, 538. Add

Linked entry: fréced-lic

fremful-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fremful-lic, adj.

Profitable ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial

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Profitable, advantageous, beneficial Is swíðe fremfullic þæt gehwá hine gelóme and geornlíce tó Gode gebidde, Hml. Th. ii. 430, 3. Him ne ðúhte ná fremfullic ꝥ hé fénge tó þǽre gife, Hml. S. 31, 101

fremsum-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fremsum-lic, adj.

Benign

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Benign Býcnode hé tó hyre mid onhyldum heáfde swyþe fremsumlicre ansýne, swá hé ealling byð cui ille benignissimi ut est vultus inclinato capite annuit. Gr. D. 280, 10

fremed-lic

Similar entry: full-fremedlic

freóls-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
freóls-lic, adj.

free

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free. Similar entries v. freolslíce; I. [Icel. frjáls-ligr free . ] of a festival Godspell ná freólslicum þeáwe (festiuo more) sí rǽdd, Angl. xiii. 402, 529. Dagum freólslicon diebus festiuis, 390, 350. Freóls[l]icum symeltídum, 397, 451

freóndheald-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
freóndheald-lic, adj.

Related

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Related Of gesibbum vel of freóndhealdlicum de consanguineo. Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 10

Linked entry: -healdlic

fúliend-lic

Similar entry: un-fúliendlíc

ful-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-lic, adj.

Full

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Full. Similar entries Cf. full; II. Seó Níl is ealdor fullícra eá Nilus est caput fluuiorum, Nar. 35, 19 note. Similar entries Cf. full; V. Fullíc ꝥ God behét hé onféhð he will receive what God promised in full, Scint. 60, 2. Similar entries Cf. full

Linked entry: fallic

fúl-lic

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Fúllic fedus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 292, 4. Hit is fúllic þingc and Gode láð, þæt hí . . . befýlað hí selfe . . . þæt hí farað fram wífe tó wífe, eall swá stunte nýtenu dóð, Wlfst. 305, 7. Ic ne mæg for sceame þá sceandlican dǽde, þæt ǽnig man sceole etan on gange

Linked entry: fúl-líce

scín-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
scín-líc, adj.

phantasmal

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Of the nature of an apparition, phantasmal Suoefno and næhta scínelíco sompnia et noxia fantasmata (the glosser seems to have read noctes fantasmaticae?), Rtl. 180, 16

scip-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
scip-líc, adj.

Relating to a fleet ⬩ naval

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Relating to a fleet, naval Ða men ða ðe beóþ winnende in sciplícum gewinne, Shrn. 35, 12. Ðǽm sciplícum classicis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 7. Flotlícum, sciplícum classicis, 131, 63. Sciplícum herium classicis cohortibus, Hpt. Gl. 406, 39