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weorþ-líce

  • adverb
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weorþ-líce, weorþelíce; adv.
Worthily, honourably
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  • Ðe weorðelícor

    dignius

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 8.
nobly, excellently, splendidly, magnificently, gloriously
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  • Weorþlíce getýd on Grécisc gereorde

    Graecae linguae peritissimus,

      Bd. 4, 1 ; S. 563, 33.

  • Hí bráde weóxan weorðlíce wíde greówan

    multiplicati sunt nimis,

      Ps. Th. 106, 37.

  • Ðú ymb ðínne esne dydest wel weorðlíce

    bonitatem fecisti cum servo tuo

    ,
      118, 65.

  • Swíðe mycel cyrice . . . geworht swá fægre and swá weorþlíce swá hit men on eorþan fægrost and weorþlícost geþencean meahton,

      Blickl. Homl. 125, 22: Rood Kmbl. 33; Kr. 17.

  • Swá weorðlíce, wíde tósáweþ Dryhten his duguþe,

      Exon. Th. 299, 30; Crä, 110: 121, 27; Gú. 295.

  • Fægere, weorðlíce,

      Menol. Fox 317; Men. 160.

  • Eleutherius onféng biscopdóm and ðone wurþlíce (cf. wuldorfæstlíce,

      8, 14) xv winter geheóld, Chr. 167; Erl. 9, 20.

  • Hé his sincgyfan wurðlíce wrec,

      Byrht. Th. 139, 64; By. 279.

  • Ne gefrægn ic nǽfre wurðlícor sixtig sigebeorna sél gebǽran,

      Fins. Th. 74; Fins. 37: Cd. Th. 126, 12; Gen. 2094.

  • Men wurðlícor lybbaþ þonne treówu

    the life of men is more excellent than that of trees

    ,
      Shrn. 168, 24.

  • Swá hit weorðlícost foresnotre men findan mihton,

      Beo. Th. 6304; B. 3162.
in a way that shews honour to a person, honourably,
with honour
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  • Ðá onféng Dioclitianus Galerius weorðlíce (

    plurimo honore

    ),
      Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 280, 16.

  • Hí swíðe weorðlíce hine of heora gryðe sendon,

      Chr. 1075; Erl. 212, 33.

  • Hí mid mycclan þrymme and blisse and lofsange ðone hálgan arcebiscop feredon, and swá wurðlíce intó Cristes cyrcan bróhton,

      1023; Erl. 163, 30.

  • Hine man byrigde ful wurðlíce,

      1036; Erl. 165, 35.
in a fitting manner, worthily
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  • Wé willaþ offrian wurðlíce úrum Drihtne,

      Ex. 10, 9.
Etymology
[Þo þu iseie þine sune . . . so wurðliche stien to his blisse, A. R. 40, 7. Wel and wurrþlike gemmde, Orm. 1033. O. Sax. werð-líko : O. H. Ger. werd-líhho : Icel. virði-liga.]
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v. ár-, un-weorþlíce.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “weorþ-líce.” 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/35319.

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  • weorþ-líce, adv.

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