Old English Dictionary Entry

For-beódendlíc

Definitions

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1 for-beódendlíc

adj. Forbidding-like, dissuasive; prohĭbĭtōrius, de-hortātōrius:-- Sume synd dehortātīva, ðæt synd forbeódendlíce oððe mistihtendlíce some are dehortātīva, which are dissuasive, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 8. for-beodendlic

Similar Words

'feallend-lic
-fá
-fandigendlic
-farenness
-feald

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛒᛖᚩᛞᛖᚾᛞᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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