heán-líc
- adjective
-
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.
Bosworth, Joseph. “heán-líc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18462.
Checked: 0