Old English Dictionary Entry

Atelic

Related words: atol. atelic

Definitions

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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.

Similar Words

-a
-an
-andwlatod
-anne
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Runic Inscription

ᚪᛏᛖᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.: Beowulf
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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