Un-gelífedlíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-gelífedlíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: un-gelífendlíc. un-gelifedlic

Definitions

1 un-gelífedlíc

adj. Incredible, marvellous :-- Swá ðæt nán wundor [nis] ne eác ungelýfedlíc þincg, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 39. Nis nán tó ðam ungelýfedlíc spel, gif hé hyt segð, ðæt ic him ne gelífe, Shrn. 196, 18. Ðæs wealles micelness is ungeliéfedlíc tó secgenne murorum ejus vix credibilis relatu magnitudo, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 14. Hit is ungeliéfedlíc tó secganne incredibile dictu est, 3, 9; Swt. 134, 15. Ungeliéfedlíc is ǽnigum menn ðæt tó gesecgenne pene incredibile apud mortales erat, 2, 4; Swt. 74, 7. Hé hæfde áne swíðe wlitige dohter ungelífedlícre fægernysse, Ap. Th. 1, 9. For ðam ungelífedlícan wlite ðæs mǽdenes, 3, 12. Hé ungeliéfedlícne micelne weg on ðæm dæge gefór, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 27.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛖᛚᛁᚠᛖᛞᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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