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Old English · adverb

dæghwamlice

Part of speech
adverb

Meaning

  1. daily

    ...ac wæs getiðod þisum ealdan men; forðam þe hit is be him awriten, þæt he cwæde dæġhwāmlīce on his gebedum, "Ela, hwænne cymð se Hælend?

    ...but it was granted to this old man; for of him it is written, that he said daily in his prayers, "Ah! when will the Saviour come?

    c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
  2. every day

    Mid þǣre bēne hē belēac ealle þā ġelēaffullan þe þurh þāra apostola bodunge ġebugon tō Cristes ġelēafan, and ġīet būgaþ dæġhwāmlīce oþ þisse weorolde ġeendunge.

    With that prayer, he included all the believers who converted to Christ's religion, and will convert every day until the end of this world.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"

Etymology

From dæġ + hwām + -līċe.

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