Horsc-lic, horx-lic

Old English Dictionary Entry

Horsc-lic, horx-lic

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: horsc

Definitions

1 horsc-lic, horx-lic

adj. Foul:--Horxlic fedus, An. Ox. 2, 499. Horxlices squalentis, i. sordentis (eremi), 2430. Heora heortan horxlice wyrmas (cf. Dante's 'fastidiosi vermi') ceorfað, Dóm. L. 167. Horslice wítehúsa squalentium ergastulorum, An. Ox. 4752. Horslice fýlþu putidos squalores, 1789. foul. horsc-lic,horx-lic

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᚱᛋᚳ-ᛚᛁᚳ, ᚻᚩᚱᚳᛋ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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