īdel-lic

Old English Dictionary Entry

īdel-lic

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 īdel-lic

adj. Idle, vain, useless :-- Hwæt is swā īdellic odde swā untrumlic swā swā ꝥ man fordēme þone sōþan dēman ?, Nap. 40. idel-lic

Runic Inscription

ᛁᛞᛖᛚ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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