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
-
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
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | eġeslīċ | eġeslīċeġeslīċueġeslīċo | eġeslīċ |
| Accusative | eġeslīcne | eġeslīċe | eġeslīċ |
| Genitive | eġeslīċes | eġeslīcre | eġeslīċes |
| Dative | eġeslīċum | eġeslīcre | eġeslīċum |
| Instrumental | eġeslīċe | eġeslīcre | eġeslīċe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | eġeslīċe | eġeslīċaeġeslīċe | eġeslīċeġeslīċueġeslīċo |
| Accusative | eġeslīċe | eġeslīċaeġeslīċe | eġeslīċeġeslīċueġeslīċo |
| Genitive | eġeslīcra | eġeslīcra | eġeslīcra |
| Dative | eġeslīċum | eġeslīċum | eġeslīċum |
| Instrumental | eġeslīċum | eġeslīċum | eġeslīċum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | eġeslīċa | eġeslīċe | eġeslīċe |
| Accusative | eġeslīċan | eġeslīċan | eġeslīċe |
| Genitive | eġeslīċan | eġeslīċan | eġeslīċan |
| Dative | eġeslīċan | eġeslīċan | eġeslīċan |
| Instrumental | eġeslīċan | eġeslīċan | eġeslīċan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | eġeslīċan | eġeslīċan | eġeslīċan |
| Accusative | eġeslīċan | eġeslīċan | eġeslīċan |
| Genitive | eġeslīcraeġeslīċena | eġeslīcraeġeslīċena | eġeslīcraeġeslīċena |
| Dative | eġeslīċum | eġeslīċum | eġeslīċum |
| Instrumental | eġeslīċum | eġeslīċum | eġeslīċum |
All forms (12)
Etymology
By surface analysis, eġesa (“fear, terror”) + -līċ. Compare Gothic (agisleiks).
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/egeslic · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution