Old English Dictionary Entry

For-gyfendlíc

Part of speech: -gyfenlíc; Related words: for-gifenlíc. for-gyfendlic

Definitions

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1 for-gyfendlíc

adj. Forgiving, pardonable, tolerable; remissus :-- Tyro and Sydone byþ forgyfendlícre [MS. forgyfendlícur] on dómes dæg, ðonne eów it shall be more pardonable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you; Tyro et Sidoni remissius ĕrit in die jūdĭcii quam vōbis, Mt. Bos. 11. 22. Sodomwara lande byþ forgyfenlícreon dómes dæg, ðonne ðé terræ Sŏdŏmōrum remissius ĕrit in die jūdĭcii, quam tĭbi, Mt. Bos. 11. 24: Lk. Bos. 10, 14.

Similar Words

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

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚷᚣᚠᛖᚾᛞᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)

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