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eges líc

  • adjective
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eges líc, def. se eges líca, seó, ðæt eges líce; adj. [eges líc a likeness of fear = ]
Fearful, terrible, dreadful, terrific, horrible, awful; terrĭbĭlis, terrĭfĭcus, horrĭbĭlis, horrendus
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  • Eorþscræf egeslíc

    a fearful cavern,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3174
      • ;
    • An. 1590
      • .

  • Egeslíc æled eágsýne wearþ

    the terrible fire was visible to the eye,

    • 3098
      • ;
    • An. 1552: Rood Kmbl. 148
      • ;
    • Kr. 74
      • .

  • Eálá hú egeslíc ðeós stów ys quam terrĭbĭlis est locus iste! Gen. 28, 17.He is egeslíc God, ofer ealle godu eorþbúendra

    Domĭnus terribĭlis est sŭper omnes deos,

    • Ps. Th. 95, 4: 88, 6: Ps. Spl. 46,
      • 2.

  • Wæs ðǽr swíðe egeslíc geatweard

    there was a very horrible gatekeeper,

    • Bt. 35,
      • 6;
    • Fox 168,
      • 18.

  • Ðæs egeslícan ðæt ðú dó feóndes aídlian awyrgede syrwunga horrendi făcias hostis văcuisse (?)

    malignas insĭdias,

    • Hymn. Surt. 47,
      • 24.

  • Egeslícne cwide sigora Weard ofer ðæt fǽge folc forþ forlǽteþ

    the Lord of victories shall send forth a dreadful utterance over the fated folk,

    • Exon. 30a
      • ;
    • Th. 92,
      • 30;
    • Cri. 1516
      • .

  • Fá þrówiaþ ealdor-bealu egeslíc

    the hostile shall suffer terrific vital evil,

    31 b;
    • Th. 98,
      • 31;
    • Cri. 1616
      • .

  • Ðæt he monig þing ge egeslíce ge willsumlíce geseah

    that he saw many things both awful and delightful,

    • Bd. 5,
      • 12;
    • S. 627,
      • 29.

  • Se ðe worhte egeslícu on sǽ ðære reádan

    qui fēcit terribĭlia in mări rubro,

    • Ps. Lamb. 105,
      • 22.

  • Wæs heora sum ðám óðrum egeslícra

    one of them was more dreadful than the others,

    • Bd. 5,
      • 13;
    • S. 033,
      • 3.

  • Daga egeslícast

    most terrible of days,

    • Exon. 23a
      • ;
    • Th. 63,
      • 20;
    • Cri. 1022
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eges líc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/9114.

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