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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hefig-líc

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1 hefig-líc

adj. Grievous, troublesome :-- Ne sig ðé hefilíc geþuht ðæt ðæt Sarra ðé sǽde let not that be grievous in thy sight which Sarah hath said, Gen. 21, 12. Gif se líchoma hwǽr mid hefiglícre hǽto sý gebysgod if the body be anywhere troubled with inflammation, Herb. 2, 6; Lchdm. i. 82, 8. hefig-lic
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Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚠᛁᚷ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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