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heán-líc

  • adjective
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heán-líc, adj.
Ignominious, disgraceful, vile, poor
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  • Tó heánlíc mé þinceþ ðæt gé mid úrum sceattum tó scype gangon unbefohtene

    too shameful methinks that ye with our treasures should go to your ships without a struggle,

      Byrht. Th. 133, 25.
  • Swíðe nearewe sent and swíðe heánlíce ða menniscan gesǽlþa

    very scanty and very poor are human felicities;

    anxia enim res est humanorum conditio bonorum,
      Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 26: Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 12.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. hón-líh infamis, fœdus, ridendus, dedecor, indecor.]
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