Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-dafenlíc

Part of speech: -dæfenlíc;

Definitions

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1 ge-dafenlíc

adj. [ge-dafen becoming] Becoming, fit, decent, convenient, agreeable; dĕcens, congruus, convĕniens, hăbĭlis :-- Ðæt is gedafenlíc ðæt ðú Dryhtnes word on hyge healde it is fit that thou shouldst keep in mind the word of the Lord, Elen. Kmbl. 2333; El. 1168 : Bt. Met. Fox 31, 42; Met. 31, 21 : Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 43. Hit gedafenlíc is ðæt his reáf ne beó hórig it is becoming that his vestment be not dirty, L. Ælf. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 20. Gedafenlíc þeódnes [MS. seodnys] hăbĭlis conjunctio, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 118; Wrt. Voc. 54, 60. Us dæg endebyrdnysse mid gedafenlícre cymþ nōbis dies ordĭne congruo vēnit, Hymn. Surt. 38, 3. Nis ná gedafenlíc ðæt ðes man ána beó it is not fitting that this man be alone, Homl. Th. i. 14, 17. Uæs gedæfenlíc [gidæfendlic, Rush.] oportebat, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 4. ge-dafenlic

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛞᚪᚠᛖᚾᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
C.: Corpus Christi College MS
El.: Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Jn.: Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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