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þweor-líc

  • adjective
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þweor-líc, þwyr-líc; adj.
reversed, contrary, opposite
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  • Ða word, ðe synd passiva, beóð activa gif se r byþ áweg gedón; ... twá dǽdlíce word synd ðe habbaþ þwyrlíce getácnunge; ðæt ðe geendaþ on o getácnaþ þrowunge, and ðæt ðe geendaþ on or getácnaþ dǽde,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 19
      • ;
    • Zup. 122, 17.

  • Bið swíðe þwyrlíc, ðæt ðearfa beó módig

    it is quite reversing the proper order of things for a needy person to be proud,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 13, 123.
adverse.
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v. þweorh, II
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  • Antecrist is gereht ðwyrlíc Crist,

    • Homl. Th. i. 4, 22.
perverse, evil, depraved
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  • Hé wǽs ácenned búton synne, and næs nán ðing ðwyrlíces on him,

    • Homl. Th. i. 176, 5.

  • Fram þwyrlíce sprǽce

    a pravo eloquio,

    • R. Ben. Interl. 21, 9.

  • Gesamnodon gehwylce ðwyrlíce wiðercoran,

    • Homl. Th. i. 468, 5.

  • Ðonne ðwyrlícra manna heortan beóð geemnode,

    • 362, 26.

  • Þwyrlícra

    pravorum,

    • R. Ben. Interl. 107, 11.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þweor-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/32374.

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