Bor-líce

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - bor-líce

According to the Old English Dictionary:

bor-líce
ad :-- Hyt geríst borlíce wel it is eminently suitable, Angl. viii. 302, 5. Wel borlíce hé forð stæppeð full nobly he steps forth, 307, 28. Hé geswutelað borlice he shews admirably, 329, 24. Þá híw rímcræftige esnas borlíce foregylpað, 334, 27. Wolde ic ꝥ þá æþelan clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orðance ǽlce sleacnysse, ꝥ hig þe borlícor mihton gecýðan þǽra epactena gesceád, 315, 5. [v. N. E. D. burly. Cf. O. H. Ger. bur-líh praestans, sublimis, excellens.] bor-lice

Related words: Eminently, excellently, well

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