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Ríclíce

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1 ríclíce

adv. I. powerfully, with power, as one possessing power :-- Gé budon swíðe ríclíce and swíðe ágendlíce vos cum austeritate imperabatis eis et cum potentia, Past. 19, 2; Swt. 145, 5. On ðám dagum ríxode Æþelbyrht on Cantwarebyrig ríclíce, and his ríce wæs ástreht fram ðære micclan eá Humbre óð súðsǽ, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 18. Ríclíce l stranglíce l ríclícost potentissime, Ps. Lamb. 44, 4. II. splendidly, sumptuously :-- Sum welig man dæghwamlíce ríclíce (splendide) gewistfullude, Lk. Skt. 16, 19. [O. H. Ger. ríhlího splendide, festive, mirifice: Icel. ríkuliga magnificently; strictly (of observance).] riclice
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Runic Inscription

ᚱᛁᚳᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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