Gástlíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gástlíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: gǽstlíce; Related words: Spiritually;

Definitions

1 gástlíce

ad spirĭtāliter :-- Ðæt hálige húsel is gástlíce Cristes líchama the holy housel is spiritually Christ's body, Homl. Th. i. 34, 19. Ðæt húsel is Cristes líchama, ná líchamlíce, ac gástlíce the housel is Christ's body, not bodily, but spiritually, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 16 : Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 25; Lchdm, iii. 280, 11 : Cd. 220; Th. 283, 7; Sat. 301. gastlice

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚪᛋᛏᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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