Atelic

Old English Dictionary Entry

Atelic

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: atol. atelic

Definitions

1 atelic

adj. [ = atol, líc] Dire, terrible, horrid, foul, loathsome; dirus, terribilis, horridus, deformis, fœdus :-- Norþ-Denum stód atelíc egesa over the North-Danes stood dire terror, Beo. Th. 1572; B. 784. Unwlitig swile and atelíc tumor deformis, Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, 17.

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