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tál-líc

  • adjective
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tál-líc, adj.
that conveys reproach, calumny, etc., calumnious, blasphemous
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  • Þeáh hwá cweðe tállíc word ongeán mé, him biþ forgifen,

    • Homl. Th. i. 498, 24.
  • Of ðære heortan cumaþ ... tállíce word ( blasphemiae ),

    • Mt. Kmbl. 15, 19.
  • Hí cwǽdon ðæt hé tállíce word sprǽce be Moyse and be Gode (

    this man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law,

    • Acts 6, 13
    • ),
    • Homl. Th. i. 44, 29: 46, 1.
  • Se ðe ídele spellunge oððe tállíce word (

    calumnies, backbiting

    ) lustlíce gehýrþ,
    • 492, 19.
that deserves reproof, blameable, reprehensible
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  • Gif ǽnig biþ mét teállíc

    si quisque repertus fuerit reprehensibilis,

    • R. Ben. Interl. 54, 7.
  • Nis ðæt clǽne herigendlíc, ne ðæt gále tállíc, gif him steorran forgéfon, ðæt hí swá lyfedon,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 5, 281.
    • v. tǽl-líc, and next word.
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v.  tǽl-líc teál-líc.
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  • tál-líc, adj.