Neáhlíce

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Neáhlíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 neáhlíce

Add: I. nearly, almost :-- Wearð án cnapa þurh nǽddran geslit neálíce ádýd, Hml. S. 31, 951. II. nearly, closely :-- Hí þeódað hí neálícor and fæstlícor tó þǽre rihtwísnesse justitiae vicinius atque arctius inhaerebunt, Gr. D. 336, 23. III. hardly :-- Se hróf wæs on mislicre heánesse; on sumre stówe hé wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce (cf. earfoðlíce, Hml. Th. i. 508, 20: both passages refer to the same place) gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, neahlice,-neahlice

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ᚾᛖᚪᚻᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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