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Boeth. 52.8: Swa bib eac micle be winsumre sio sobe gesaelb to habbenne 
efter bam eormbum bisses . . . lifes = 0. 
5. Adjectives Denoting Right and Wrong, Suitability and Unsuitability, 
the Customary and the Strange, etc.: — 
getriewe [-trewe], true , safe: 
Boeth. 16.13 a : bing ba be nawber ne sint getrewe to habbanne , ne eac iebe to 
forlaetanne = 25.36: quam non relicturam nemo umquam poterit esset securus. 
An uero tu pretiosam aestimas abituram felicitatem? 
gewuna, accustomed: 
jElf. L. S. XXIII B. 614: ne oferfar bu na iordanen swa swa gewuna synt 
of eowrum mynstrum to favenue. 
rihtlic, just, proper: 
Wcerf. 345.14: bing . . ., be heom symle gelyfde waeron genoh rihtlice to 
habbanne =421 A 1 : coeperunt singuli extrema quaeque et vilia, et quae eis 
habere regulariter semper licuerat (or does the infinitive modify gelyfde f). 
soblic, true: 
Mlf. L. S. 182.226: scyppend so&lie to wur&igenne. 
ungewunelic, unusual: 
Wcerf. 17.28: ongan bencan, baet byllic wundor waere mannum ungewunelic 
to wyreanne = 160 B 2 : At ille inusitatum habens tale miraculum, expavit 
petitionis illius juramentum. 
unrihtlic, wrong , improper: 
Wcerf. 209.23 a : beah be heo [= spraec] si us unwyrbelice (sic!) j unrihtlic 
to sprecane (sic!) = 256 C 1 : locutionem quae nobis indigna est etiam delect a- 
biliter tenemus. 
wraetiic, rare, wonderful: 
Rid. 40.25: baet [is] wraetiic bing to geseeganne. 
wundorlic, wonderful: 
Wulf. 15.14: seo mennisenes is wundorlic ymbe to smeagenne. 
6. Other Adjectives: — 
ana, alone: 
JElf. L. S. 182.225: Eala bu aelmihtiga god ana to gebiddene (sic!). 
feald [god and —], suitable (?) : 
Lcece. 87.15, 16: se petraoleum ... is god and feald to drincanne wib 
innan tiedernesse 7 utan to smerwanne on wdntres daege. 
feorr, far: 
And. 424: Mycel is nu gena lad ofer lagustream, land swibe/eorr to secanne. 
[Cf. Beow. 1922 in Ch. I, p. 13.] 
laene, fleeting, deceptive: 
Wulf. 189.4: gecnawan hu Icene . . . bis lif is on to getruwianne. 
toweard , 1 toward, coming: 
Bede 270. 2: hwonne he . . . toweard sy in . . . wolenum . . . to demanne 
cwice and deade = 211 . 7 : uenturus est .. . ad iudicandos uiuos et mortuos. 
Bl. Horn. 81.35, 36: we eac witon baet he is toweard to demenne, & bas 
world to geendenne. 
1 See Chapter VII, p. 105. 
