Cniht-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cniht-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 cniht-líc

adj. Boyish, childish; puerilis :-- Ne he cnihtlíce gálnysse næs begangende nor was he [Guthlac] addicted to boyish levity, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 16. Swá oft swá cnihtlícu yldo begǽþ as childish age is often wont, 2; Gdwin. 12, 19. cniht-lic

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚾᛁᚻᛏ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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