sweotollice

Old English

Alternative forms

• swutelīċe, swutollīċe

Etymology

From sweotollīċ +‎ -e, from sweotol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswe͜o.tolˌliː.t͡ʃe/

Adverb

sweotollīċe

1. clearly
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost"

     Swutelīce we magon understandan þæt gehwilces rihtwises mannes sawul is heofon, þonne Crist is Godes Wisdom, and rihtwises mannes sawul is þæs wisdomes setl, and seo heofen is his setl.

     Clearly we may understand that the soul of every righteous man is heaven, when Christ is God's Wisdom, and the soul of a righteous man is the seat of wisdom, and heaven is his seat.

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sweotollíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.