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swǽs-líc

  • adjective
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Grammar
swǽs-líc, adj.
Kindly, pleasant, agreeable
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  • Sárge gé ne sóhton, ne him swǽslíc word frófre gé sprǽcon,

      Exon. Th. 92, 20; Cri. 1511.
  • He (

    Antecrist

    ) winþ ongeán Godes gecorenan mid swǽslícum gifum. Hé sylþ ðam, ðe on hine gelýfaþ, goldes and seolfres genyhða,
      Wulfst. 196, 21.
Etymology
[O. Frs. swés-lík familiaris : O. H. Ger. swás-líh privatus, civilis, familiaris.]
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v. un-swǽslíc, and next word.
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  • swǽs-líc, adj.