Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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æðel-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
æðel-líce, æðel-íce; adv.

Nobly ⬩ nobiliter

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Nobly; nobiliter Wæs se wer on hálgum gewritum æðellíce gelǽred vir erat sacris litteris nobiliter instructus, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 17: 4, 26; S. 603, 9: 2, 1; S. 501, 8

Linked entry: æðel-íce

alýfed-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
alýfed-líce, adv.

Lawfully ⬩ allowably

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Lawfully, allowably; licite:=a-lýfed allowed, líce; adv

ánfeald-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ánfeald-líce, adv.

Singly ⬩ simply ⬩ without intermission ⬩ simpliciter

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Singly, simply, without intermission; simpliciter, R. Ben. 52

árful-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
árful-líce, adv.

Mildly ⬩ gently ⬩ clementer

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Mildly, gently; clementer Iosep híg oncneów árfullíce Joseph clementer resalutavit eos, Gen. 43, 27

bær-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bær-líce, adv.

Openly ⬩ nakedly ⬩ BARELY ⬩ palam

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Openly, nakedly, BARELY; palam,Jn. Lind. War. 6, 29

bald-líce

(adv.)

boldly ⬩ fortiter

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boldly; fortiter He baldlíce beornas lǽrde he boldly exhorted the warriors, Byrht. Th. 140, 60; By. 311

Linked entry: ballíce

berþ-ling

(n.)
Grammar
berþ-ling, es; m.

Child-birth

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Child-birth

ceare-líce

(adv.)

sorrowfully, miserably, wretchedly

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sorrowfully, miserably, wretchedly

cearful-líce

(adv.)

carefully, diligently

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carefully, diligently

clǽn-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
clǽn-líce, adv.

Purely, cleanly ⬩ puré

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Purely, cleanly; puré, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 25

Dryhten-líce

(adv.)

according to the Lord, by the Lord

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according to the Lord, by the Lord

deór-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
deór-líce, adv.

Preciously, worthily ⬩ prĕtiōse, digne

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Preciously, worthily; prĕtiōse, digne To hwan hió ða næglas sélost and deórlícost gedón meahte to what she might best and most worthily employ the nails, Elen. Kmbl. 2315; El. 1159

dígel-líce

(adv.)

secretly

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secretly, Ors. 6, 21; Bos. 123, 29

défe-líce

(adv.)

becomingly, fitly, suitably

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becomingly, fitly, suitably

deád-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
deád-líce, adv.

Mortally ⬩ lethalĭter

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Mortally; lethalĭter, Cot. 123

dyrste-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dyrste-líce, adv.

Boldly ⬩ audacter

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Boldly; audacter Dyrstelíce audācĭter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 66. Iosep dyrstelíce in to Pilate eóde Ioseph audacter introīvit ad Pilātum, Mk. Jun. 15, 43

Linked entries: dyrstig-líce ge-dyrste-líce

efen-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
efen-líce, adv.

EVENLY, alike ⬩ æque

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EVENLY, alike; æque Efenlíce Godes man æque Deo devōtus, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 16

Linked entries: em-líce emne-líce emn-líce

efen-ling

(n.)
Grammar
efen-ling, es; m.

A consort, an equal

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A consort, an equal

efn-líca

(n.)
Grammar
efn-líca, an; m.

An equal ⬩ æquālis

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An equal; æquālis Nis nán efnlíca ðín there is no one thine equal, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 38; Met. 20, 19

Linked entry: efen-líca

efn-ling

(n.)
Grammar
efn-ling, es; m.

A consort, an equal, a fellow ⬩ consors

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A consort, an equal, a fellow; consors. Ps. Spl. T. 44, 9

Linked entry: efen-ling

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