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firen-lic

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firen-lic, (fyrn-).
flagitious, criminal, gross, grievous (of sin)
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  • On þǽre fernlican mándǽde

    ab originali (i. principali) piaculo (i.peccato).

    • An. Ox. 2005.
  • Fram fyrnlicere synne ðæs frumsceapenan mannes,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 260, 15
    • .
  • Hé bæd þone Ælmihtigan for ðám árleásum cwellerum, þæt hé him forgeáfe þá fyrnlican synne,

    • 300, 22
    • .
  • Þá fæstan cnottan fyrnlicra synna,

    • Hml. S. 10, 47.
  • Fyranlicra,

    • C. D. iv. 51, 33
    • .
  • Sume æfter fyrnlicum leahtrum, . . . sume æfter manslihte, tó sóðre dǽdbóte gecyrrað,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 398, 3
    • .
  • Gefullod fram fyrnlicum synnum,

    • Hml. S. 29, 01
    • .
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Etymology
[
O.H.Ger. firin-líh cruentus.
]
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