Spédlíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Spédlíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: Successfully, efficaciously, powerfully, in a manner which produces a result

Definitions

1 spédlíce

ad :-- Him spédlíce spearuwa hús begyteþ the sparrow succeeds in finding a house for itself, Ps. Th. 83, 3: 105; 2. Dó mé spédlíce cuicne quicken me effectually, 118, 154. Syle mé spédlíce ðæt ðú mé nerige grant me effectual release, 169: 170. Ðonne ic him spédlíce tó spræc and hí lǽrde when I spoke to them with power and taught them, 119, 6. [Cf. O. H. Ger. spuot-líh prosper.] spedlice

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᛖᛞᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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