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Old English · adjective

egeslic

Normalised eġeslīċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈe.jes.liːt͡ʃ/
[ˈe.jez.liːt͡ʃ]
Syllables
ˈe · jes · liːt͡ʃ (3 syllables)
Modern English
terrifyingdreadfulfearfulhorrible

Meaning

  1. fearful, dreadful, horrible, terrifying

    Þā besēah Martinus wið þǣs sċeoccan lēoht, ġemyndiġ on mōde hū sē Metoda Drihten cwæð on his godspelle þe his godcundan tōcyme, and cwæð tō ðām lēasan mid ġelǣredum mūðe, "Ne sǣde ūre Hǣlend þæt hē swā wolde bēon mid purpuran gehīwod, oððe mid helme scīnende, þonne hē eft cōme mid engla ðrymme." Đā fordwān sē deofol drēoriġ him fram, and sēo stōw ðā stanc mid orm

    Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, "Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels." Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of th

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

All forms (12)

Etymology

By surface analysis, eġesa (“fear, terror”) + -līċ. Compare Gothic (agisleiks).

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