Un-gerisenlíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-gerisenlíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 un-gerisenlíc

adj. Unseemly, dishonourable, base :-- Is ðæt ungerisenlíc wuldor ðisse worulde and swíþe leás gloria quam fallax, quam turpis est, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 106, 30. Ðeáh ðe ful monige mid gerisenlícum weorcum árísen from eorðan, mid ungerisenlícum gewilnungum ðissa woroldðinga hié hié selfe álecgeaþ on eorðan etsi honesta actione nonnulli quasi a terra se erigunt, ambitione tamen inhonesta semetipsos ad terram deponunt, Past. 21; Swt. 157, 8. Ádó of his móde ungerisenlíce ymbhogan, Bt. 29, 3; Fox 106, 19. Hwæt ungerisenlícre sié ðonne ðæt quo quid turpius excogitari potest? 30, 1; Fox 108, 6. un-gerisenlic

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ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛖᚱᛁᛋᛖᚾᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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