gelimplice
Old English
Etymology
By surface analysis, ġelimplīċ + -e or ġelimp + -līċe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeˈlimpˌliː.t͡ʃe/
Adverb
ġelimplīċe
- fitly, suitably
- rightly, properly
- c. 987–998 CE, Ælfric of Eynsham, edited and translated by Rev. Henry W[ilkins] Norman, The Anglo-Saxon version of the Hexameron of St. Basil, London: John Russell Smith, published 1849, page 14:
- Đa fugelas sōðlīċe ðe on flōdum wuniað, syndon flaxfōte, bē Godes foresċeawunge, ðæt hī swimman magon and sēcan him fōdan. Sume bēoð langswēorede swā swā swanas and ylfettan ðæt hī aræċan him magon mete bē ðām grunde. And ða ðe bē flǣsċe lybbað, syndon clyferfēte and sċearpe ġebilode, ðæt hī bītan magon on sċeortum swuran and swyftran on flihte, ðæt hī ġelimplīċe bēon tō heora līfes tilungum.
- Truly, the birds that live in the waters are web-footed by God's forethought, so that they can swim and seek food for themselves. Some, such as swans, are long-necked, so that they can reach food on the ground. And those that live on flesh are claw-footed, sharp-billed so that they can bite with short necks, and swifter in flight, such that they can properly perform the labors of their life.
- in a becoming manner
Derived terms
Further reading
- Joseph Bosworth, edited by T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1882
- T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Supplement, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1921