Un-hírlíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-hírlíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 un-hírlíc

adj. I. fierce, savage, (1) of living creatures :-- Mera mengeo on onsióne máran and un[hý]rlícran ðonne ða elpendas, Nar. 11, 1. (2) of things :-- Ðá cwom ðǽr swíðe micel wind and tó ðæs unheórlíc se wind geweóx ðæt hé ðara úra getelda monige áfylde tum euri uenti tanta uis flantis exorta est, ut omnia tabernacula nostra euerterit, Nar. 22, 28. Unhiérlíc storm of ðæm munte ástág, Blickl. Homl. 203, 7. II. dismal, doleful :-- Ic forht and unrót ðás unhýrlícan fers onhefde mid sange carmina prae tristi cecini haec lugubria mente, Dóm. L. 11. [Leper mas bodi ugli and lathe and unherly, Metr. Homl. 129, 26. O. H. Ger. un-hiurlícha eumenides: Icel. ú-hýrligr frowning.] un-hirlic

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ᚢᚾ-ᚻᛁᚱᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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