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atelíc

  • adjective
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atelíc, adj. [ = atol, líc]
Wright's OE grammar
§259;
Dire, terrible, horrid, foul, loathsome; dirus, terribilis, horridus, deformis, fœ́dus
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  • Norþ-Denum stód atelíc egesa

    over the North-Danes stood dire terror,

    • Beo. Th. 1572
    • ;
    • B. 784
    • .
  • Unwlitig swile and atelíc

    tumor deformis,

    • Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, 17
    • .
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v. atol.
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v.  atelucost atolíc.
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  • atelíc, adj.