Hwætlíce
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hwætlíce
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- hwætlíce
- Add: I. of quick movement :-- Þá arn se cniht and eóde hwætlice on þá mǽdwe (pratum velociter ingressit), Gr. D. 36, 11. II. of prompt action. (1) of persons, with activity of body or mind :-- Hors[c]líce, hwætlíce naviter (cf.? triumphum ... viribus naviter (quicumque ad profectum tendunt, sine dubio celeriter finiantur, Scint. 101, 16. Nú wé hwætlíce þis habbað gegaderod, þæt is on Lýden actiuum opus, Angl. viii. 330, 35. (2) of the operation of things, e.g. diseases :-- Hwæt[líce] perniciter (quos lethale virus perniciter prostraverat), An. Ox. 1874. III. quickly, in a short time :-- Swá swá wyrta felda hwætlíce (cito) hí feallaþ, Ps. L. 36, 2. Þæt tó þám hwætlícor hé mæge becuman quatinus ad eam quantocius valeat peruenire, Scint 29, 3. hwæt-lice,hwætlice