Old English Dictionary Entry

Deóp-líce

Part of speech: dióp-líce;

Definitions

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1 deóp-líce

comp. -lícor; sup. -lícost; adv. DEEPLY, profoundly, thoroughly; profunde, subtīlĭter :-- Þearle deóplíce ðú sprycst valde profunde loquĕris, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 9: Exon. 49 a; Th. 169, 13; Gú. 1094: Bt. Met. Fox 22, 5; Met. 22, 3. Dióplíce spirigan æfter ryhte to search deeply after truth, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 19. Wit sculon deóplícor ymbe ðæt beón we two must inquire more deeply about it, 5, 3; Fox 12, 12. Ðe deóplícost Dryhtnes gerýno reccan cúðon who most profoundly could relate the Lord's mysteries, Elen. Kmbl. 559: El. 280. deop-lice

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Runic Inscription

ᛞᛖᚩᛈ-ᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
El.: Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gú.: Guthlac (OE poem)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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