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Syferlíce

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1 syferlíce

adv. I. with cleanliness, without impurity:--Ðæt gé witen ðæt hit (the preparation of the wafers for the mass) clǽnlíce and sýferlíce gedón sý, L. E. I. 5; Th. ii. 404, 36. II. soberly, purely, without excess or grossness:--Sidefulle on ðeáwum and sýferlíce lybbende, Homl. Ass. 37, 327. III. soberly, prudently, circumspectly:--Ða cild ðe beóþ sýferlíce áfédde (cf. the contrast in l. 9, cild réceleáslíce áfédd), and wið unðeáwum gestýrede, Homl. Th. ii. 326, 17. Biddende séferlíce precantes sobrie, Hymn. Surt. 19, 11. [O. H. Ger. súbarlícho ad sobrietatem.] syferlice
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Runic Inscription

ᛋᚣᚠᛖᚱᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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