Heán-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heán-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 heán-líc

adj. Ignominious, disgraceful, vile, poor :-- Tó heánlíc mé þinceþ ðæt gé mid úrum sceattum tó scype gangon unbefohtene too shameful methinks that ye with our treasures should go to your ships without a struggle, Byrht. Th. 133, 25. Swíðe nearewe sent and swíðe heánlíce ða menniscan gesǽlþa very scanty and very poor are human felicities; anxia enim res est humanorum conditio bonorum, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 26: Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 12. [O. H. Ger. hón-líh infamis, fœdus, ridendus, dedecor, indecor.] hean-lic

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ᚻᛖᚪᚾ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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