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Old English · adjective

scandlic

Normalised sċandlīċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈʃɑnd.liːt͡ʃ/
Syllables
ˈʃɑnd · liːt͡ʃ (2 syllables)
Modern English
disgracefulobsceneinfamouslowlyvileshamefulbase

Meaning

  1. disgraceful, infamous, vile, base; lowly

  2. vile in nature, disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene

    Sē wōda ðā āwende āweġ his ċeaflas fram ðǣre hālgan handa, swilċe fram hātum īsene, and sē āwyrġeda gāst ġewāt of ðām men ūt ðurh his ġesċēapu, mid sċēandlīcum flēame.

    The madman then turned his cheeks away from the holy man's hands as if from hot iron, and the accursed spirit departed the man through his genitals with shameful flight.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

  3. causing shame

Declension

Strong declension of scandlic
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative sċandlīċsċandlīċsċandlīċusċandlīċosċandlīċ
Accusative sċandlīcnesċandlīċesċandlīċ
Genitive sċandlīċessċandlīcresċandlīċes
Dative sċandlīċumsċandlīcresċandlīċum
Instrumental sċandlīċesċandlīcresċandlīċe
Plural
Nominative sċandlīċesċandlīċasċandlīċesċandlīċsċandlīċusċandlīċo
Accusative sċandlīċesċandlīċasċandlīċesċandlīċsċandlīċusċandlīċo
Genitive sċandlīcrasċandlīcrasċandlīcra
Dative sċandlīċumsċandlīċumsċandlīċum
Instrumental sċandlīċumsċandlīċumsċandlīċum
Weak declension of scandlic
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative sċandlīċasċandlīċesċandlīċe
Accusative sċandlīċansċandlīċansċandlīċe
Genitive sċandlīċansċandlīċansċandlīċan
Dative sċandlīċansċandlīċansċandlīċan
Instrumental sċandlīċansċandlīċansċandlīċan
Plural
Nominative sċandlīċansċandlīċansċandlīċan
Accusative sċandlīċansċandlīċansċandlīċan
Genitive sċandlīcrasċandlīċenasċandlīcrasċandlīċenasċandlīcrasċandlīċena
Dative sċandlīċumsċandlīċumsċandlīċum
Instrumental sċandlīċumsċandlīċumsċandlīċum

All forms (12)

Etymology

From sċand + -līċ. Cognate with Old High German skantlīh.

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