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fracoþ-líc

  • adjective
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fracoþ-líc, fracuþ-líc, fraceþ-líc, fracod-líc; adj.
Heinous, ignominious, shameful; turpis
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  • Ðam folctogan fracuþlíc þúhte

    it seemed heinous to the chieftain,

    • Exon. 69 a
    • ;
    • Th. 256, 2
    • ;
    • Jul. 225.
  • Fracodlíce fitunga

    shameful fightings,

    • L. Eth. vi. 28
    • ;
    • Th. i. 322, 14.
  • Ðæt wíte ðæs fracoþlícostan [fraceþlécestan MS. Hat.] deáþes he geceás

    he chose the punishment of the most ignominious death,

    • Past. 3, 1
    • ;
    • Cot. MS.
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v.  fracod-líc fracuþ-líc.
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  • fracoþ-líc, adj.