Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-gedæftlíce

Part of speech: -gedæftelíce; Related words: Unseasonably, unsuitably

Definitions

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1 un-gedæftlíce

ad :-- 'Ðæt ðú lǽre ǽgðer ge gedæftlíce ge ungedæftlíce (-dæfte-, Cott. MSS.).'Ðeáh hé cuǽde un[ge]dæftelíce, hé cuæð ðeáh ǽr gedæftelíce 'insta opportune, importune.' Dicturus importune praemisit opportune, Past. 15; Swt. 97, 16. un-gedæftlice

Similar Words

U
uf-weard
ufan
ufan(-en(n)e)
ufan-cumende

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛖᛞᚫᚠᛏᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader

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