Un-mennisclíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-mennisclíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 un-mennisclíc

adj. Inhuman :-- Wé hérdon on ealdum spellum, ðæt sum sunu ofslóge his fæder, ic nát húmeta, búton wé witon ðæt hit unmennislíc (-lícu, Cott. MS.) dǽd wæs nimis e natura dictum est, nescio quem filios invenisse tortores, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 16. un-mennisclic

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᛗᛖᚾᚾᛁᛋᚳᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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