Un-nytlíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-nytlíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 un-nytlíce

adv. I. uselessly, vainly, to no purpose :-- Unnytlíce inaniter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 43: nugaciter, 80, 33: 60, 62. Ðý læs hié unnytlíce forweorpen ðæt ðæt hié sellen for hira hrædhýdignesse ne praecipitatione hoc, quod tribuunt, inutiliter spargant, Past. 44; Swt. 321, 17: 15; Swt. 95, 24. Unnytlíce wé swincaþ, gif wé his nabbaþ ðý máran ðanc, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 21. II. to ill purpose :-- Suá hié egeleáslícor and unnytlícor brúcaþ Godes giefe quo bonis Dei male uti non metuunt, Past. 36; Swt. 247, 10. un-nytlice

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ᚢᚾ-ᚾᚣᛏᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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