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Hefelíce

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1 hefelíce

Add: I. grievously, seriously :-- Sió stillness oft swíðe hefelíce (gravius) dereð hira ingeðonce, Past. 351, 6. Óðre syngodon hefelícor þonne þú, Wlfst. 299, 3 : Past. 313, 3 (in Dict.). II. with slow action of mind or body, dully, Mt. 13, 15 (in Dict.). III. severely, in a way that is hard to bear :-- Hefelícor steóre (l) stýðlícor stíre hé sí underþeód districtiori discipline subdatur, R. Ben. I. 65 3. IV. sadly, mournfully :-- Hefelíce lugubriter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 50.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚠᛖᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wlfst.
Wulfstan
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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