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cúþ-líce

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with verbs denoting either the possession or the imparting of knowledge,
certainly, well, clearly
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  • Ðeáh hit mon cúðlíce wite, hit is tó forberanne

    aperte cognita toleranda,

      Past. 151, 10.
  • Cúðlíce wé witon (wé witon, ꝥ ús eallum cúþ is,

    v. l.) mihi luce clarius constat,

      Gr. D. 8, 29.
  • Ic hæbbe cúðlíce (gearolíce,

    v. l.

    ) ongiten,
      1, 3.
  • Þis folc oncnáwe cúðlíce ꝥ þú eart Dryhten,

      Hml. S. 18, 130.
  • Cúðlíce geséne

    cognoscitur,

      Jn. p. 3, 11.
  • Hé þá tóweardan mannum cydde swá cúðlíce (cf. 62, 17) swá þá andweardan,

      Guth. 60, 21: Bl. H. 127, 28.
  • Cúðlíce gewissian,

      Hml. Th. i. 440, 1.
  • Bí ðǽm spræc Dauid swíðe cúðlíce on psalmum, swá hé hit oft ácunnad hæfde,

      Past. 375, 1.
  • Ic wylle eów gyt cúðlícor secgan, þæt gé hit magon þe swutelícor ongytan, Wlfst. 15, 7. (1 a) with verbs of guidance, with skill, expertly :-- Ic méde gehét þǽm þe ús cúþlíce gelǽddon þurh þá uncúðan land

    pollicitus his praemia qui nos periti regionum ducebant per ignota loca,

      Nar. 6, 11.
evidently, certainly
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  • Cúðlíce is

    constat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 34.
  • Sceoldan þá word beón ealle cúðlíce gelǽste ðe se Hǽlend cwæð,

      Wlfst. 261, 11.
(adverbial)
conjunction (cf. sóþlíce)
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  • Cúðlíce

    nemphe,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 55.
  • Cúðlíce ł for ðon (þonne ł cúþlíce, R.) igitur, Mt. L. 12, 28: p. 9, 8: ergo, 1, 17:

    autem,

    19:
      5, 37.
  • Cúþlíce swá hwylcne man swá hý gefóð þonne fretað hí hine

    nam quoscunque capiunt comedunt,

      Nar. 36, 3: Gr. D. 188, 23.
  • Cúðlíce (for þon,

    v. l.

    ) wé magon nú gehyran,
      2, 22.
  • Cúðlíce hé wæs freóh fram leahtre

    liber quippe a vitio,

      102, 7.
  • Cúplíce ꝥ wuldor þysses middangeardes is sceort,

      Bl. H. 65, 14: 61, 30: 81, 3.
  • Swá hwæt swá bið on marmstáne ic sóþlíce wyrce, and ic him cúðlíce tǽce,

      Hml. S. 36, 76.
in a friendly manner
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  • Clipode seó wimman cúðlíce him tó,

      Jud. 4, 22.
  • Hí tó him cúðlíce sprǽcon . . . Wé nellað þé leng swencan,

      Guth. 30, 17: Hml. S. 25, 104: 17, 69.
familiarly, as an acquaintance
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  • Wunode Dionisius mid Clemente cúðlíce,

      Hml. S. 29, 125.
  • Clemens Dionisium him cúðlíce tó lét and mid lufe geheóld,

      Hml. Th. i. 560, 1.
  • Wé mágon cúðlíce tó him clypian, swá swá tó úrum bréðer,

      260, 7.
  • Martha spræc cúðlíce tó ðám Hǽlende, ii. 440, 5.
  • Ðe cúðlícor tó him clypian, gif heora lífes drohtnunga eów cúðe beóð, i. 556, 29.
  • Nó hér cúðlícor (

    less as strangers

    ) cuman ongunnon lindhæbbende,
      B. 244.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. couthly.]
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v. un-cúþlíce.
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  • cúþ-líce, adv.