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ælmes-lic

  • adjective
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ælmes-lic, adj.
of the nature of alms, eleemosynary, charitable
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  • Hié hígon gefeormien and hígon ús mid heora godcundum gódum swǽ gemynen swǽ ús árlic and him ælmeslic siǽ,

      Cht. Th. 476, 34.
  • Swé hit him rehtlicast and elmestlicast wére,

      465, 24.
depending upon alms, poor
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  • Ælmysli[cum]

    paupertino,

      An. Ox. 56, 302.
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v.  elmestlic.
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  • ælmes-lic, adj.