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sceand-líc

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sceand-líc, j adj.
of persons,
that acts in a disgraceful way, infamous, base, vile
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  • On ánre tíde twá mǽdencild cumaþ, and biþ ðæt án sydefull and ðæt óðer sceandlíc,

      Homl. Skt. i. 5, 280.

  • Hierusalem winþ for rihtwísnysse, and Babilonia winþ ongeán for unrihtwísnysse ... Ðære heofonlícan Hierusalem cyning is Crist, ðære scandlícan Babilonian cyning is deófol,

      Homl. Th. ii. 66, 32.

  • Ðá com ðæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlícum gegadum,

      Homl. Skt. i. 7, 164.

  • God sende tó ðám sceandlícum mannum

    (the people of Sodom)

    twegen englas,
      13, 207.
of things,
that is vile in its nature or
circumstances, disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene
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  • Scandlíc hosp

    rldiculosum opprobrium.

      Hpt. Gl. 524, 73.

  • Gif hit ǽr sceondlíc wæs, ne biþ hit nó ðý fægerre,

      Bt. 14, 3 ; Fox 46, 16.

  • Seó gesceádwísnes; nis ðæt scandlíc cræft, forðæm hit nǽnig hafaþ neát búton monnum,

      Met. 20, 188.

  • Scandlícre fúlnesse

    spurcae obscoenitatis,

      Hpt. Gl. 447, 19.

  • Of scondlícum geþohte

    ex turpi cogitatione,

      Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 497, 5.

  • Mid sceandlícum willan

    with foul lust,

      Homl. Skt. i. 7, 170.

  • Ðín módor gewíteþ of weorulde þurh scondlícne deáð and unárlícne

    miserando turpissimoque exitu,

      Nar. 31, 29.

  • Ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan,

      Wulfst. 160, 5.

  • Hé sang scandlícu leóþ, and plegode scandlíce plegan,

      Shrn. 121, 10.

  • Sceondlícum

    corruptibilibus,

      Rtl. 24, 36.

  • Ic wille geswigian Tontolis and Pilopes ðara scondlícestena spella

    nec mihi nunc enumerare opus est Tantali et Pelopisfacta turpia, fabulas iurpiores,

      Ors. 1, 8 ; Swt. 42, 8.
that causes shame, disgraceful
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  • Hit is scondlíc ymb swelc tó sprecanne hwelc hit ðá wæs

    pudet erroris humani,

    l,
      10; Swt. 48, 4.
Etymology
[Wið scondliche deaðe, Laym. 2274. O. H. Ger. scant-líh, turpis, probrosus, ignominiosus, teter, lugubris.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sceand-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/26573.

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