A - Æ - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - Þ - U - V - W - Y
<< Previous Entry
Next Entry >>
neáh-líce
/nea:xli:tʃe /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Adverb, Prefix
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
§5,
§7,
neáh-líce
, neá-líce ; adv. Nearly, about :-- Hié neálíce swá fela (tot pene) þearfena ofsleáþ swá hié ídelíce mid hiera ælmessan gehelpan meahton, Past. 45, 1 ; Swt. 335, 15. Hý blówaþ ðonne neálíce (just about when) óðre wyrta scrincaþ, Lchdm. i. 204, 13. [Icel. ná-liga nearly, almost : O. H. Ger. náh-lícho ferme.] v. ge-néhlíce.
This entry is on page: 711 of the Main Volume of the paper dictionary. Browse the pages or show/hide this scanned page.

Possibly connected entries from the Supplement:

neáhlíce
. Add: I. nearly, almost :-- Wearð án cnapa þurh nǽddran geslit neálíce ádýd, Hml. S. 31, 951. II. nearly, closely :-- Hí þeódað hí neálícor and fæstlícor tó þǽre rihtwísnesse justitiae vicinius atque arctius inhaerebunt, Gr. D. 336, 23. III. hardly :-- Se hróf wæs on mislicre heánesse; on sumre stówe hé wæs þ̵ man mid his handa neálíce (cf. earfoðlíce, Hml. Th. i. 508, 20: both passages refer to the same place) gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 22.
View full entry...
-neahlíce
. v. ge-neahlice.
View full entry...