Hreósend-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hreósend-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 hreósend-líc

adj. Frail, perishable, ready to fall :-- Gé sécaþ ðære heán gecynde gesǽlþa and heore weorþscipe tó dam niðerlícum and tó dam hreósendlícum þingum ab rebus infimis excellentis naturæ ornamenta captatis, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 30. Hreósendlíc cassabundus, corruendus, Hpt. Gl. 422, 459. hreosend-lic

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚱᛖᚩᛋᛖᚾᛞ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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