Un-forsceáwodlíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-forsceáwodlíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: un-foresceáwodlíc. un-forsceawodlice

Definitions

1 un-forsceáwodlíce

adv. I. unexpectedly :-- Óþ ðæt ðe hig (wildeór) cuman tó ðám nettan unforsceáwodlíce usque quo perveniant ad retia improvise, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 17. II. without forethought, without consideration :-- Ne getímode Thóme unforsceáwodlíce ðæt hé ungeleáfful wæs, ac hit getímode þurh Godes forsceáwunge, Homl. Th. i. 234, 19. Gif hé hit ǽne and unforsceáwodlíce gedyde si semel et inconsiderate fecerit, L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 24,

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚠᚩᚱᛋᚳᛖᚪᚹᚩᛞᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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