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hetelíce

  • adverb
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Wright's OE grammar
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of action or motion,
violently, furiously, fiercely
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  • Hét hé him his seax árǽcan . . . and hine sylfne hetelíce ðýde, þæt him on ácwehte,

    • Hml. Th. i. 88, 10
      • :
    • Hml. S. 15, 24
      • .

  • Þá Engliscan hí hindan hetelíce slógon,

    • Chr. 1066
      • ;
    • P. 199, 15
      • .

  • Þá gestódon hine hundas hetelíce swýðe

    dogs attacked him furiously.

    • Hml. S. 12, 52
      • .

  • Hé sǽde ꝥ sum hund burce hetelíce on ánne man,

    • 31, 1132
      • .

  • Manega hús hetelíce feóllon

    many houses fell with great violence,

    • 15, 94
      • .

  • Þá fýnd hine úp geond þá lyft sume hwíle feredon, þæt hé on his fylle þý hetelícor hreósan sceolde,

    • Hml. Th. i. 380, 28
      • .
of disposition,
malignantly, with ill-will
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  • Þyses cyninges cwén wæs forcúþost wífa, Gezabel geháten, hetelíce gemódod,

    • Hml. S. 18, 50
      • .

  • Ðá Malchus þás word gehýrde þe se portgeréfa him swá hetelíce wæs tó spræcende,

    • 23, 718
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. hately.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hetelíce.” 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/52445.

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