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hel-líc

  • adjective
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hel-líc, adj.
Hellish, infernal
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  • Ðeós hellíce súsl

    hic tartarus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 29; Homl. Th. ii. 78, 20.
  • Seó fæstnung ðære hellícan clýsinge ne geþafaþ ðæt hí ǽfre útábrecon

    the fastening of the enclosure of hell does not permit them ever to break out,

    • i. 332, 20
    • :
    • ii. 80, 6.
  • Wé wǽron mid eallum úrum fæderum on ðære hellícan deópnysse

    we were with all our fathers in the deep of hell,

      Nicod. 24; Thw. 12, 19.
  • Ða hellícan fýnd

    the fiends of hell,

    • Homl. Th. i. 380, 27.
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