Old English Dictionary Entry

Gástlíce

Part of speech: gǽstlíce; Related words: Spiritually

Definitions

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1 gástlíce

ad spirĭtāliter :-- Ðæt hálige húsel is gástlíce Cristes líchama the holy housel is spiritually Christ's body, Homl. Th. i. 34, 19. Ðæt húsel is Cristes líchama, ná líchamlíce, ac gástlíce the housel is Christ's body, not bodily, but spiritually, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 16 : Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 25; Lchdm, iii. 280, 11 : Cd. 220; Th. 283, 7; Sat. 301. gastlice

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᚪᛋᛏᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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