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Sárlíce

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1 sárlíce

adv. I. in a manner that causes or is attended by physical pain, sorely, painfully:--Job sæt sárlíce eal on ánre wunde, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 27. Blód ðæt wæs sárlíce ágoten, Ps. Th. 78, 11. Ðé sculon slítan sárlíce swearte wihta, Soul Kmbl. 145; Seel. 73. Hé sóhte hú hé sárlícast, þurh ða wyrrestan wítu, meahte feorhcwale findan, Exon. Th. 276, 25; Jul. 571. II. in a manner that causes mental pain, sorely, grievously, lamentably:--Ðæt mín fót ful sárlíce ásliden wǽre, Ps. Th. 93, 17. Hí mé on dígle deorce stówe settan sárlíce, 142, 4. Hit oft swíðe sárlíce gebyrede ðæt wríteras forléton unwritene ðara monna dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron it has often happened most lamentably, that writers have left unwritten those men's deeds that in their days were most distinguished, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 32. III. in a manner that expresses sorrow or grief, sorely, bitterly, heavily:--Apollonius sárlíce sæt, Ap. Th. 14, 21. Sárlíce wépende weeping bitterly, Gen. 21, 16. Ðá onsác se Wísdóm then Wisdom sighed heavily, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 24: 40, 3; Fox 238, 7: Wulfst. 133, 14. Ðá wǽron hié ealle sóna unróte, and sárlíce gebǽrdon, Blickl. Homl. 225, 14. [O. Frs. sérlíke.] sarlice
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Runic Inscription

ᛋᚪᚱᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Jul.
Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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