Forhtig

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - forhtig

According to the Old English Dictionary:

forhtig
adj. Timid, abashed:--Licgan hý ætforan þǽre cyrican dyre and forhtige ástrehte tó ðára gebróðra fótum þe út of cyrican gangen ante fores oratorii prostratus jaceat . . . posito in terra capite prosternatur pronus omnium de oratorio exeuntium pedibus, R. Ben. 70, 5. [O. H. Ger.] forhtag(-ig) adtonitus, timoratus, timens. Cf. N. E. D. frighty.] forhtig
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