ídlian

Old English Dictionary Entry

ídlian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ídlian

p. ode To become vain or idle, come to nought, to make vain or empty :-- Him hyge brosnaþ ídlaþ þeódscype their mind corrupts, discipline comes to nought, Exon. 81 a ; Th. 304, 13; Fä, 69. Ídlodon on ídelnyssum heora irritaverunt in vanitatibus suis, Cant. Moys. ad. fil. 21. Wæs ídlod cassaretur, Hpt. Gl. 515. Ídelude exinanita, Ps. Spl. T. 74, 8. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ki-ítallant adnullabunt : Ger. ver-eiteln.] DER. á-, ge-ídlian. idlian

Runic Inscription

ᛁᛞᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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