On-grislíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

On-grislíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 on-grislíc

adj. Horrible, dreadful :-- Ða becwom sum ongrislíc wíse (horrenda res) on hié, Nar. 10, 32. Ðæt ongris. íce gemót the last day, Wulfst. 186, 15. Angryslíc, Dóm. L. 14, 225. Ongrislíces andwlitan horrido vultu . . . ongrislícre ansíne horrendae visionis, Bd. 5, 13 ; S. 633, 1-5. On ðære angrislícan gesihþe horridae visionis;, 5, 12 ; S. 628, 19. Ongrislíco hǽr horridi crines, 5, 2; S. 615, 1. Ongristlíce on stefne, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 34, 26. on-grislic

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚾ-ᚷᚱᛁᛋᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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