Un-gecyndelíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-gecyndelíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 un-gecyndelíc

adj. I. unnatural, not in accordance with the nature of a thing :-- Ungecyndelíc is ǽlcre wuhte, ðæt hit wilnige deáþes, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 7. II. not natural, supernatural :-- Ungecyndelíc fýr cymð fǽrunga on eówre burga, Wulfst. 297, 13. III. unnatural, contrary to nature, monstrous :-- Hit is ungecyndelícu ofermódgung ðæt se monn wilnige ðæt hine his gelíca ondrǽde contra naturam superbire est, ab aequali velle timeri, Past. 17; Swt. 109, 11. Swíþe ungecyndelíc yfel, ðæt ða bearn sieredon ymbe ðone fæder, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 12. Gecyndelícra synna oþþe ungecyndelícra, L. de Cf. 6; Th. ii. 262, 24: Anglia xi. 98, 19. On ungecyndelícum þingum in rebus naturae contrariis, L. M. I. P. 40; Th. ii. 276, 7: Anglia xi. 3, 78. Wé fram dæge tó óþrum geáxiaþ ungecyndelíco witu and ungecyndelíce (-cynelíce, MS.) deáþas tó mannum cumene, Blickl. Home. 107, 26. Hwæt wǽre ungecyndlícre, gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft under his anwealde, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 28. un-gecyndelic

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ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛖᚳᚣᚾᛞᛖᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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