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Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-árlíc

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1 un-árlíc

adj. I. dishonourable, disgraceful, shameful :-- Ðín módor gewíteþ of weorulde þurh scondlícne deáð and unárlícne and heó ligeþ unbebyrged in wege fuglum tó mete and wildeórum mater tua miserando turpissimoque exitu sepultura carebit, iacebitque in uia praeda auium ferarumque, Nar. 31, 29. Sægde Lameh unárlíc spel (a tale of shame): 'Ic honda gewemde on Caines cwealme,' Cd. Th. 66, 31; Gen.1092. II. unkindly :-- Unárlíce yrfebéc a will in which nothing is left to nearest relatives; inofficiosum testamentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 17. un-arlic
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚪᚱᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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