Old English Dictionary Entry

Heófend-lic

Definitions

1 definitions

1 heófend-lic

; adj. Lamentable, expressing grief, funereal :-- Heófeiidlice funebre (carmen). Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 76: 37, 4 ; funebre, luc uosum, 151, 59: lamentabile (carmen). An. Ox. 900. heofend-lic

Similar Words

-hád
-háda
-hafen-ness
-hafness
-hafol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚩᚠᛖᚾᛞ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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