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þicce

  • adverb
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þicce, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §434; §553; §620;
marking closeness in the texture or composition of a whole,
closely
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  • Þicce gewefen hrægel

    pavidensis,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 11.
marking closeness of separate objects,
thickly, densely, closely
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  • Ðá flugon ða légetu swylce fýrene strǽlas tó ðæm þicce ðæt...,Blickl. Homl. 203, 10.
  • Swá þicce is þeó heofon mid steorrum áfylled on dæg swá on niht,

      Lchdm. iii. 234, 31.
  • Wæl þicce gefylled

    the corpses lying thick on the ground,

      Cd. Th. 130, 16; Gen. 2160.
  • Swá þicce hié áweóllon swá æmettan

    they swarmed as thick as ants,

      Nar. 11, 12.
marking action that occurs with frequency or with little intermission
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  • Feónda feorh feóllon ðicce,

      Cd. Th. 124, 20; Gen. 2065.
  • Hió spræc him þicce tó

    she spoke to him again and again,

      43, 1; Gen. 684,
marking abundance,
thickly
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  • Lege ðæt dust swíþe þicce on cláð,

      Lchdm. ii. 148. 15: 340, 21.
  • Wearð beám monig blódigum teárum birunnen reáde and þicce,

      Exon. Th. 72, 22; Cri. 1176.
Etymology
[O. Sax. thikko (mid thiodu gisetan): O. H. Ger. diccho dense, frequenter, saepe.]
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v. þiclíce.
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