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dryht-líc

  • adjective
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dryht-líc, driht-líc, driht-lec; comp. -lícra; sup. -lícest; adj.
Lordly, noble, distinguished; princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius
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  • We gehýrdon ðæt mid Sigelwarum yppe wearþ dryhtlíc dóm Godes

    we have heard that the lordly doom of God was revealed among the Ethiopians,

    • Apstls. Kmbl. 129
      • ;
    • Ap. 65 : Exon. 94 b
      • ;
    • Th. 354,
      • 1;
    • Reim. 39
      • .

  • Sweord sceal on bearme, drihtlíc ísern

    the sword shall be in the bosom, lordly iron,

    • Menol. Fox 511
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 26
      • .

  • Him drihtlícu mǽg þuhte

    she seemed a noble damsel to them,

    • Cd. 89
      • ;
    • Th. 111,
      • 2;
    • Gen. 1849
      • .

  • Cwæþ drihtlecu mǽg, brýd to beorne

    his noble mate, his wife, spoke to the chief,

    • 133
      • ;
    • Th. 168,
      • 12;
    • Gen. 2781
      • .

  • Drihtlíce cempan hyra sweord getugon

    the noble warriors drew their swords,

    • Fins. Th. 29
      • ;
    • Fin. 14 : Beo. Th. 2320
      • ;
    • B. 1158
      • .

  • Hí on dryhtlícestum dóme lifdon

    they lived in the most lordly power,

    • Exon. 82 b
      • ;
    • Th. 310,
      • 35;
    • Seef. 85
      • .
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v.  driht-líc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “dryht-líc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/8058.

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