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Old English · adjective

adlig

Normalised ādliġ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈɑːd.lij/
Syllables
ˈɑːd · lij (2 syllables)
Modern English
diseasedsickill

Meaning

  1. sick, ill, diseased

    Sumes ġerēfan dohtor hē āhredde fram fefore þurh his ǣrendġewrit, þe hēo ādliġ underfeng.

    He freed a certain reeve's daughter from a fever with his written letter, which she received while sick.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

All forms (12)

Etymology

From ādl + -iġ.

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