Heardlíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heardlíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: . Related words: Mk. 8, 22-25), MK. P. 3, 20. Heartlíce onginnes

Definitions

1 heardlíce

Add :-- Heardlíce dure, i. pertinaciter, pessime, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 16. I. boldly, hardily. Cf. heard; II. 1 :-- Hé þæt folc bewerode wið þá hǽðenan leóda heardlíce mid wǽmnum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 3. II. hardly, without ease. Cf. heard; V. 1 :-- Se man, sé ðe wile on ǽlce tíd heardlíce and forwernedlíce lyfigean, sé bið fulfremed, Wlfst. 284, 8. III. severely, inflexibly :-- Tó écrc forwyrde heardlíce (districtius) gedéman, Bd. 4, 25 ; Sch. 504, 1. IV. in a way that causes pain. Cf. hearde; IV :-- Banan heardlíce, grimme ongieldað, Sal. 131. V. with intensive force with verbs implying pain, injury, &c. Cf. hearde; V. 1 :-- Þéh se mennisca deófol synfullum móte heardlíce derian, Wlfst. 273, 22. Se bealofulla hýneð heardlíce, Cri. 260. VI. of energetic action, physical or mental. Cf. heard; VIII :-- Þæt mon heardlíce gníde (collidendo vehementius) mealmstán, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 27. Ongunnon hí heardlíce feohtan, By. 261. Ic nimo l heartlíce (geteá (?), cf. 21, 6 geteá trahere) traham, Jn. L. 12, 32. Hé genam þá heardlíce þurh heora láre on his orþance þá egeslican dǽda, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 20. VII. not easily, only by degrees :-- Ðone blindo heartlíce gémeð caecum paulatim curat (paulatim incipiens, Mt. p. 11, 11. heardlice,heard-lice

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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