Leóhtlíce

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leóhtlíce

Add: I. without much pressure or force :-- Þweah leóht-líce mid wvlle wætre, Lch. ii. 308, 11. II. to no great amount :-- Wyl on ealað swíþe, geswét mid hunige leóhtlíce, Lch. ii. 62, 20. II a. to no great degree, slightly, not elaborately :-- Þeáh wé þás þing leóhtlíce unwreón, hig magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged though our exposition of these matters be slight, they may do more good than those that are prettily ornamented with versification, Ange. viii. 304. 2. III. without being oppressive or harsh :-- Fæste hé .vii. winter heardum fæstene oððe .x.vii. annos jejunet duro jejunio, vel .xv. levius, Ll. Th. ii. 146, 12. IV. easily, with little inconvenience :-- Sume nunnan tellað tó lytlum gylte ꝥ hí hí forlicgon and ꝥ hí leóhtlíce magon swá lytel gebétan, Hml. A. 115, 431. V. of sleeping :-- Hé þá dyde swylce hé leóhtlíce slépe ille ac si leviter dormiens, Gr. D. 85, 7. leohtlice,leoht-lice

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