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hǽlig

  • adjective
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Grammar
hǽlig, adj.
Slippery, easily moved, fickle, inconstant; levis
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  • Ðam ungestæþþegan and ðam hǽlgan ðú miht secggan ðæt hé biþ winde gelícra oððe unstillum fugelum

    levis, atque inconstans studio permutat? nihil ab avibus differt,

      Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 23.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. háll slippery : O. H. Ger. háli lubricus, caducus.]
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  • hǽlig, adj.