Old English Dictionary Entry

Wynsumlíce

Related words: wynsum , I. 1 :-- Wynsumlíce stéman, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 36: ii. 27, 113. Sume tiliaþ wífa, for ðam ðæt hí þurh ðæt mæge mǽst bearna begitan, and eác wynsumlíce libban

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1 wynsumlíce

adv. I. pleasantly, agreeably. uxor, ac liberi, qui jucunditatis gratia petuntur, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 27. Engla werod wynsumlíce sungon, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 297. Ðe eáþelícor and ðe wynsumlícor ða myclan byrþenne áberan, Blickl. Homl. 135, 7. II. pleasantly, graciously. III. gladly, joyously. voluntarie) ic ofrige ðé, Ps. Spl. 53, 6. Áwend ðíne nosu fram unálýfedum stencum, ðæt ðú mæge wynsumlíce cweðan: 'Sýn wé æðele stencas beforan Godes gesihðe,' Wulfst. 246, 13. wynsumlice

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Runic Inscription

ᚹᚣᚾᛋᚢᛗᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)

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