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þeówet-líc

(adj.)
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þeówet-líc, adj.

Servile

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Servile Þeówtlíc (þeówet-, þeówot-) servilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 1. Þeówtlícum inhíréde vernacula clientela, Hpt. Gl. 483, 71. Mid þeówetlícum móde seruili mente, Scint. 63, 13. Þeówtlícne líchoman servile corpus, Hymn. Surt. 50, 12. Gif wé ðeówtlícera

þeów-líc

(adj.)

Servile

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adj: Servile Þeóulíc servulis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 1 MS. W

wil-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-líc, adj.

From a fountain or well

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From a fountain or well; Willícan fontona (fontana flumina, Ald. 161), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 10. Wyllícan, 37, 30: 149, 79

wilsum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilsum-líc, adj.

desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ voluntary ⬩ spontaneous

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desirable, pleasant Wilsumlíc desiderabilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 18. Mon willsumlícre yldo and fægernesse juvenis amantissimae aetatis et venustatis, Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 32. Hé monig ðing ge egeslíce ge willsumlíce (desideranda) geseah, 5, 12; S. 627,

býcnend-líc

(adj.)
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býcnend-líc, adj.

Allegorical, mystical ⬩ allegoricus

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Allegorical, mystical; allegoricus Býcnendlíc racu allegorica expositio, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 42. ;

gedál-lic

Similar entry: un-gedállic

gefeá-lic

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Gyf him þince ꝥ hé mid cyninge sprece, him cumeð gefeálic gifu tó and gód, Lch. iii. 172, 3. Fæger and gefeálig fugles tácen, Ph. 510. Add

yfel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-líc, adj.

Bad, foul, rotten

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Bad, foul, rotten. Ðysse worulde wela is gebrosnadlíc and yfellíc and forwordenlíc, Wulfst. 263, 13. Twégen león ádulfan his byrgenne on ðæs wéstenes sande; ðǽr resteþ Paules líchoma mid yfelíce duste bewrigen, ac on dómes dæge hé áríseþ on wuldor, Shrn

stirn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stirn-líc, adj.

hard, harsh ⬩ Hard, unpleasant, severe

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hard, harsh Warna ðæt ðú nán þing styrnlíces ne sprece ongén Iacob cave, ne loquaris contra Jacob quidquam durius, Gen. 31, 29. Hard, unpleasant, severe (of weather) Hwíltídum ðeós woruld is gesundful and myrige on tó wunigenne, hwílon heó is eác swíðe

Linked entry: styrn-líc

stów-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stów-líc, adj.

Local, relating to place ⬩ occupying a place ⬩ expressing relations of place

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Local, relating to place, occupying a place God is ǽghwǽr, þeáh ðe se engel stówlíc sý. Nis se ælmihtiga Wealdend stówlíc, forðan ðe hé is on ǽlcere stówe, and swá hwider swá se stówlíca engel flíhþ, hé biþ befangen mid his andwerdnysse, Homl. Th. i.

stræc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc-líc, adj.

Rigorous, strict, severe

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Rigorous, strict, severe Gif hié ne beóþ gebundne mid stræclíce láreówdóme si hanc districtionis severitas non coarctat, Past. 17, 9; Swt. 123, 17. Streclícere hǽse rigido imperio, Hpt. Gl. 437, 4

Linked entry: strec-líc

streám-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
streám-líc, adj.

Of water

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Of water Ofer streámlícum ríðum over rivers of waters, Homl. Th. i. 444, 10

strec-líc

(adj.)

Similar entry: stræc-líc

atol-lic

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Seó sunne scíman ne hæfde and wæs atollic (eatolíce,v.l.) on tó beseónne, Bd. 3, 27;Sch. 316, II. Deófol is atelic sceocca, Hml. Th. i. 16, 21. Þeáh ðe hé (the leper)atelic ware, 122, 6. Án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, ii. 508, l. Seó sáwel bið atelic

átor-lic

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Áterlicum oððe biter gorgoneo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 56. Add

symbelmónaþ-líc

(adj.)
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symbelmónaþ-líc, adj.

comitiales

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Pertaining to a month in which a solemnity was celebrated (?); the word translates comitiales in the gloss Ða symbelmónaðlícan ádla comitiales, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 39

-synd-líc

(adj.; suffix)

Linked entry: -synd-líc

syndrigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrigend-líc, adj.

Separating

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Separating Adverbia discretiva synd syndrigendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 229, 7

seld-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-, syl-líc; adj.

strange ⬩ extraordinary ⬩ wonderful ⬩ having unusual good qualities ⬩ excellent ⬩ admirable

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strange, extraordinary, wonderful Ðis godspel þincþ dysegum mannum sellíc, Homl. Th. ii. 466, 9. Nú þincþ eów ðis syllíc tó gehýrenne, L. Ælfc. C. 6; Th. ii. 344, 16: Wulfst. 269, 26. Is ðæt sellíc þincg, ðæt hí ne wundriaþ hú . . ., Met. 28, 53. Næfde

an-scúniend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
an-scúniend-líc, an-scúnigend-líc

abominable ⬩ abominabilis

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abominable; abominabilis