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forht-líc

  • adjective
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Grammar
forht-líc, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§634;
Timid, fearful, trembling; trĕpĭdus, terrĭbĭlis
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  • Him forhtlíce fǽrspel bodedon

    they fearful announced to them the sudden news,

    • Judth. 12
    • ;
    • Thw. 25, 5
    • ;
    • Jud. 244.
  • Fleóþ forhtlíce þunres brógan

    they, being afraid, shall flee the terror of [thy] thunder;

    a vōce tŏnitrui tui formīdābunt,

    • Ps. Th. 103, 8.
  • On ða forhtlíce sorgum wlítaþ

    on which, they, frightened, look sorrowfully,

    • Exon. 24 a
    • ;
    • Th. 68, 15
    • ;
    • Cri. 1104.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. forhtlík terrible.
]
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  • forht-líc, adj.