Old English Dictionary Entry

Tó-lísness

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 tó-lísness

f. I. dissolution, destruction :-- Sibbe tólésness, Blickl. Homl. 115, 16. II. dissolution, death :-- Seó tíd mínre tólýsnesse and mínre forþfóre is swýþe neáh, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 21: 4, 9; S. 577, 16. to-lisness

Similar Words

-tácnigendlic, -líce
-tang
-targed
-teáren
-teáw

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᛚᛁᛋᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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