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wan-sǽlig

  • adjective
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wan-sǽlig, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§592;
Unblest, miserable, evil
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  • Grendel, wonsǽlig wer,

      Beo. Th. 210; B. 105.
  • Wineleás, wonsǽlig genimeþ him wulfas tó ge*-*féran. Exon. Th. 342,

      24; Gn. Ex. 147.
  • In ðisse wonsǽlgan worulde lífe,

      158, 33; Gú. 919.
  • Weras wansǽlige mé

    (Christ)

    slógon and swungon,
      Andr. Kmbl. 1925 ; An. 965.
  • Wonsǽlige,

      Elen. Kmbl. 953 ; El. 478.
  • Fróde sace sémaþ, sibbe gelǽraþ, ða ǽr wonsǽlge áwegen habbaþ,

      Exon. Th. 334, 24; Gn. Ex. 21.
  • Werum wansǽligum (

    the Jews

    ),
      Elen. Kmbl. 1952 ; El. 978.
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  • wan-sǽlig, adj.