synderlice
Old English
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editsynderlīce
- particularly, in particular
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"
- He wæs Cristes moddrian sunu, and he hine lufode synderlīce; na swa micclum for ðære mæglican sibbe swa for ðære clænnysse his ansundan mægðhades.
- He was the son of Christ's maternal aunt, and he loved him particularly, not so much for the consanguinity, as for the purity of his uncorrupted chastity.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
- ...swīþost swā þēah synderlīce tō maure...
- ...but especially, however, to Maurus in particular;...
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"