Gift-líc

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gift-líc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gift-líc
adj. Nuptial, belonging to a marriage; nuptialis :-- Ðá geseah he ðǽr ǽnne man ðe næs mid gyftlícum reáfe gescrýd vidit ibi hominem non vestitum veste nubtiali, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 11, 12. Ðæt gyftlíce hús the house where the marriage was, Homl Th. ii. 70, 16. Giftlíc sponsalis, Hpt. Gl. 525; nuptialis, 491. Giftlíce sponsalia, Mone Gl. 354 a. gift-lic
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