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swiftlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swiftlíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Hí fleóþ swiftlíce, Wulfst. 200, 17

swiftlere

(n.)
Grammar
swiftlere, es; m.
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A slipper, shoe Swiftlere suptularis (suptalaris), swiftlæras suptalares, Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 314, 15. Swyftleras subtalares, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 31. Swifteleares, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 19

Linked entry: swyftlere

swiftlere

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Gyf þú swyftleras habban wylle, þonne sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þínes fét þám gemete þe hí gesceapene beóð, Tech. ii. 126, 8. Add

á-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
á-líhtan, to alight.
Entry preview:

Álíhte, gehýþegode expedita libera, leuigata, Germ. 391, 33. to alight, descend Zachéus swiftlíce of ðám treówe álíhte, Hml. Th. i. 580, 35

fiþere

a wing ⬩ a wing

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., and add: a wing of a living creature Cumað egeslíce mycele deór . . . heora fyðera swégað swá swá wæteres dyne; hí fleód swiftlíce, Wlfst. 200, 15. Fiðerum alis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 55.

tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tídlíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Let turnen hit tidliche (swiftliche, MS. C.), Kath. 1932: Jul. 58, 6. O. H. Ger. zítlíhho temporaliter, in tempore, mature.] Cf. tímlíce

Linked entry: tímlíce

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