Deóp-líce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Deóp-líce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: dióp-líce; Related words:

Definitions

1 deóp-líce

comp. -lícor; sup. -lícost; adv. DEEPLY, profoundly, thoroughly; profunde, subtīlĭter :-- Þearle deóplíce ðú sprycst valde profunde loquĕris, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 9: Exon. 49 a; Th. 169, 13; Gú. 1094: Bt. Met. Fox 22, 5; Met. 22, 3. Dióplíce spirigan æfter ryhte to search deeply after truth, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 19. Wit sculon deóplícor ymbe ðæt beón we two must inquire more deeply about it, 5, 3; Fox 12, 12. Ðe deóplícost Dryhtnes gerýno reccan cúðon who most profoundly could relate the Lord's mysteries, Elen. Kmbl. 559: El. 280. deop-lice

Runic Inscription

ᛞᛖᚩᛈ-ᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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