Cine-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cine-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: § 8, 3; Th. i. 236, 16. cine-lic

Definitions

1 cine-líc

adj. [cyn fit, suitable] Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequate; congruus, cornpetens :-- Ðæt we wilnian to heorn fultum be swá manegum mannum swá us cinelíc þince æt swá micelere spræce that we desire aid from them of so many men as may seem to us adequate for so great a suit, L. Ath.

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛁᚾᛖ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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