Deád-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Deád-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 deád-líc

def. se deád-líca, seó, ðæt deád-líce; adj. DEADLY, mortal; mortālis, morticīnus :-- Ðæt án deádlíc man mihte ealne middaneard oferseón that a mortal man could see over all the world, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 5. Rómáne deádlícne sige gefóran the Romans gained a deadly victory, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 33. Se cyning and monige of his folce lufodon ðis deádlíce líf the king and many of his people loved this deadly life, Bd. 3, 30; S. 561, 41: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 29. We onlybbaþ on ðisum deádlícum lífe we live in this deadly life, 30, 12. Deádlíce morticīnas, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 145, 23. DER. un-deádlíc. dead-lic

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ᛞᛖᚪᛞ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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