Tweó-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tweó-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: un-tweólíc,

Definitions

1 tweó-líc

adj. I. doubtful, uncertain:--Hit biþ twýlíc, hwæðer hit on lífe áðolige, Homl. Th. ii. 50, 24. Dubii generis, ðæt is twýlíces cynnes, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 6; Zup. 19, 17. Ðǽr beóþ kende homodubii, ðæt beóþ twílíce, Nar. 36, 18: 35, 3 note. II. ambiguous:--Ðá and-wyrde hire se hálga mid twýlícere sprǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 146, 14. [O. Frs. twí-lík (twi-?) doubtful.] and next word. tweo-lic

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚹᛖᚩ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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