Earglíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Earglíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: arhlíce

Definitions

1 earglíce

in a cowardly manner. Add to earhlíce:--Earhlíce l níðlíce muliebriter (i. enerviter, An. Ox. 744), Hpt. Gl. 424, 1. Gé tófesede swíðe áfirhte oft litel werod earhlíce forbúgað fugistis nullo persequente, Wlfst. 133, 6. Hé eóde in earhlíce (fearfully), Jud. 4, 18: Hml. S. 3, 160: 23, 493. Se smið eóde tó his byrgene and genam áne hringan, earhlíce swáþeáh, 21, 63. Hí hí sylfe earhlíce betealdon, 23, 307. Þú earhlíce (with fear and trembling) scealt gyltas þíne bemurnan, Dóm. L. 30, 54. in Dict. earglice

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ᛠᚱᚷᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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