eldertongue

Old English · adjective

deriendlic

Normalised deriendlīċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈder.jend.liːt͡ʃ/
[ˈderˠ.jend.liːt͡ʃ]
Syllables
ˈder · jend · liːt͡ʃ (3 syllables)
Modern English
noxiousnocentharmful

Meaning

  1. noxious, nocent, harmful

    Him wǣron derigendlīce dracan and næddran

    To them were drakes and adders noxious

    c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil, section XVII:

Declension

All forms (12)

Etymology

From derian + -endlīċ.

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