Hefelíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hefelíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: hefiglíce. hefelice,hefe-lice

Definitions

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.

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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