Twi-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Twi-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: twi-lí (-li?); Related words:

Definitions

1 twi-líc

adj. Double, woven of double thread. Cf. twill coarse linen cloth :-- Tuilí biplex, duplex, Txts. 109, 1151. Aenlí simplex, tilí bilex, 115, 156, 157. [O.H. Ger. zui-líh bilex (tunica), bissina (tunica), biplex (pannus): Ger. zwillich ticking.] Cf. þri-líc, and see twilíc-brocen. twi-lic

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ᛏᚹᛁ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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