Dryht-líce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dryht-líce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: driht-líce; Related words: In a lordly manner, divinely;

Definitions

1 dryht-líce

ad nobĭlĭter :-- God leóht and þýstro gedǽlde dyhtlíce God divinely parted light and darkness, Exon. 11 a; Th. 14, 32; Cri. 228. Abraham fór eorlum driht-líce spræc Abram spoke in a lordly manner before the people, Cd. 98; Th. 129, 4; Gen. 2138. dryht-lice

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚱᚣᚻᛏ-ᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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