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trymmend-líc

(adj.)
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trymmend-líc, adj.
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Hortatory Trymendlíc exortatorium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 17. Hé mid trymme[n]dlíce ǽrendgewrite hí gestrangode epistola illos exhortatoria confortaverit, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 15. Eác swylce ðæm cyninge hé sende trymmendlíce (-líc, Bd. M. 146, 9) gewrit misit

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trymend-líc

(adj.)

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tweógend-líc

(adj.)
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tweógend-líc, adj.
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Doubtful, uncertain, where doubt is felt Tweógendlícre ( sine) ancipiti (ambiguitatis scrupulo veraciter credendum est ), Hpt. Gl. 422, 32. Hé on tweógendlícan onbide wæs ( quem cunctantem ), hwæðer hé winnan dorste, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 204, 28. where doubt

Linked entry: un-tweógendlíce

twidæg-líc

(adj.)

Similar entry: twádæg-líc

twifeald-líc

(adj.)
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twifeald-líc, adj.
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Double Twyfealdlíc onbryrdnes eges and lufe, Homl. Th. i. 140, 16. Tuifallíco glædniso geminata laetitia, Rtl. 57, 2. Tuufallíce gást utrimque spiritus Mt. Kmbl. p. 14, 5. [Ðysra deáð wæs heora freóndan twyfealolíc sár; án, ðet hí swá feárlícee]

twí-líc

(adj.)

Similar entry: tweó-líc

þeówet-líc

(adj.)
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þeówet-líc, adj.
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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.)
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adj: Servile Þeóulíc servulis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 1 MS. W

þune-líc

(adj.)

Similar entry: þunor-líc

þunor-líc

(adj.)
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þunor-líc, adj.

Thunderousof thunder

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Thunderous, of thunder Þune[r]lícum cirme tonitruali fragore, Hpt. Gl. 451, 47

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þri-líc

(adj.)
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þri-líc, adj.

Threefold

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Threefold Án myhtylíce and þrylíc hádelíce unus potentialiter trinusque personaliter, Hymn. Suet. 29, 13: 55, 13: 105, 15. Eálá ðú ðrilíc godcundnyss, 133, 5. Ðé þrylícne and ǽnne, 146, 32

þrym-líc

(adj.)
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þrym-líc, adj.

Magnificentsplendidglorious

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Magnificent, splendid, glorious Ða apostolas cwǽdon ðæt hit ( the temple ) wǽre þrymlíc geweore and fæger, Blickl. Homl. 77, 32. Swíðe mycel cyrice and þrymlíc, 125, 20. Þrecwudu þrymlíc, Beo. Th. 2496; B. 1246. Lidweardas þrymlíce, Andr. Kmbl. 489;

þreáníd-líc

(adj.)
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þreáníd-líc, adj.

That entails painful violencecalamitousafflictive

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That entails painful violence, calamitous, afflictive Micel is ðæt ongin and þreániédlíc ðínre gelícan ðæt ðú forhycge hláford úrne great is the undertaking and calamitous for the like of thee to despise our lord, Exon. Th. 250, 16; Jul. 128

weorþful-líc

(adj.)
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weorþful-líc, adj.
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Noble, magnificent Hwæt rúmedlíces oððe micellíces oððe weorþfullíces hæfþ se eówer gilp quid habet amplum magnificumque gloria ? Bt. 18, I; Fox 62, 21

weorþ-líc

(adj.)
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weorþ-líc, adj.
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of value, valuable Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc byð, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27. Weorðlíc reáf gedǽlan dividere spolia, Ps. Th. 67, 12. worthy, noble, distinguished, excellent, splendid Gif ðú ǽnigne mon cúþest ðara ðe hæfde ǽlces þinges anweald

wépend-líc

(adj.)
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wépend-líc, adj.
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Lamentable, mournful Reówlíc and wépendlíc tíd wæs ðæs geáres, ðe swá manig ungelimp wæs forðbringende, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 22. Wépendlíce flebiles (and wépendlíc flebilis. v. Wülck. Gl. 240, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 41

weorc-líc

(adj.)
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weorc-líc, adj.
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Working, busy

wer-líc

(adj.)
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wer-líc, adj.
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marking sex, male. Cf. wer-hád Wer uir, werlíc virilis, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 17, 17. Of werlícum folman sine viri vola, Hpt. Gl. 442, 72. Hié ǽghwelcum cnihtcilde ymbsnidon ðæt werlíce lim, Shrn. 47, 20. Ða werlícan virilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 54. <b&

wirs-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wirs-líc, adj.

MeanVile

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Mean Vile Ðysse worulde wela is wyrslíc and yfellíc and forwordenlíc, Wulfst. 263, 13. Ic eom wyrslícre ðonne ðes wudu fúla, oððe ðis waroð, ðe hér áworpen ligeþ on eorþan, Exon. Th. 424, 32; Rä. 41, 48

wísfæst-líc

(adj.)
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wísfæst-líc, adj.

Wise

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Wise Hé him wísfæstlíc word onsende, þurh ðæt hí hrædlíce hǽlde wǽron misit verbum suum et sanavit eos, Ps. Th. 106, 19