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Old English Dictionary Entry

Dreór-líc

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1 dreór-líc

adj. I. bloody; sanguinolentus :-- Ne wearþ dreórlícre [dreórilícre, col. 2] dǽd gedón syððan Dene cómon no bloodier deed was done since the Danes came, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 9; Ælf. Tod. 6. II. mournful, sad; mœstus, tristis :-- Dreórilíc frécednys triste periculum, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 151, 83. dreor-lic
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚱᛖᚩᚱ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Glos.
Glossary
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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