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ge-sceádlíce

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reasonably, in reason, fitly
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  • Drihten, forgyf mé þæt ic þé cunne rihtæ and gescæádlíce biddan

    (ut bene te rogem),

      Solil. H. 4, 22.

  • Ful gesceádlíce ðú mé andswarast and ful rihte

    optime omnino,

      39, 3: 47, 3.

  • Gif hé gesceádlíce (-sceáde-, v.l.) mid eáðmodnesse hwilcu þing tǽle

    si qua rationabiliter cum humilitale repre-hendit,

      R. Ben. 109, 8.

  • Be ðám is suíðe gesceádlíce (

    apte

    ) gecueden,
      Past. 171, 17.

  • Ðú mid geþeahte þínum wyrcest þæt ðú þǽm gesceaftum swá gesceádlíce mearce gesettest,

      Met. 20, 88.
discreetly, with discrimination
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  • Wé scylon gesceádlíce (-scáde-,

    v.l.

    ) tðdǽlan ylde and geogoðe,
      Ll. Th. i. 412, 9.

  • Gescádlíce,

      328, 18.
rationally, in accordance with reason
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  • Ic þé náuht ne dwelode, ac sǽde ðé swiþe lang spell swiþe gesceádlíce be Gode,

      Bt. 35, 5 ; F. 166, 2.
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v. un-gesceádlíce.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sceádlíce.” 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/49509.

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