Old English · adjective
geflitfullic
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Modern English
- contentious
Meaning
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contentious
An. DCCLXXXV Hēr wæs ġeflitfullīċ seonoð æt Ċealchȳþe, and Ēanbriht arċebisċeop forlēt sumne dǣl his bisċeopdōmes, ⁊ frām Offan cinge Hiġebriht wæs ġecoren, ⁊ Eċġferð tō cininge ġehalgod.
Year 785 In this year there was a contentious synod in Chalk, and Archbishop Eanbright gave up some a part of his bishopdom, and Higebright was chosen by King Offa, and Edgeferth was crowned king.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Etymology
From ġeflit (“argument, fighting”) + -ful + -līċ or ġeflitful + -līċ.
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