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láð-líc

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láð-líc, adj.
Hateful, loathsome, disgusting, unpleasant, detestable, abominable, horrible
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  • Láðlíc

    detestabile,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 5
      • .

  • Láðlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc mid menigfealdum springum

    the leper's body is loathsome with manifold ulcers,

    • Homl. Th. i. 122, 21
      • .

  • Ðæt is láðlíc líf ðæt hí swá maciaþ

    it is an abominable life that they do so,

    • L. I. P. 14
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 322, 26
      • :
    • Exon. 266
      • ;
    • Th. 78, 19
      • ;
    • Gri. 1276
      • .

  • Þincþ his neáwist láðlíco and unfæger

    his [the dead man's] nearness seems disgusting and displeasing,

    • Blickl. Homl. 111, 30
      • .

  • Nis ðǽr ne se láðlíca cyle ne láðlíc storm,

    • Dóm. L. 16, 259, 262
      • :
    • Soul Kmbl. 306
      • ;
    • Seel. 157
      • .

  • Hine mon ðǽr láðlíce deáþe ácwealde

    eum detestanda omnibus morte interfecit,

    • Bd. 3, 14
      • ;
    • S. 539, 46
      • :
    • 541, 10
      • .

  • Láðlíc wíte,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1038
      • ;
    • El. 520
      • .

  • Hér æfter sint lungenádla láðlícu tácn

    here follow the unpleasant symptoms of lung disease,

    • L. M. 2, 51
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 264, 9.

  • Ða láðlecan

    obscena,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 12
      • .
Etymology
[
Prompt. Parv. lothli abominabilis
;
O. Sax. léð-líc
:
Icel. leiði-ligr
:
O. H. Ger. leid-líh detestabilis, execrabilis, exosus, horrendus.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “láð-líc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21212.

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