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hreóf-lig

  • adjective
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hreóf-lig, adj.
Leprous
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  • Ðá com sum hreóflig

    there came a certain leprous man,

    • Homl. Th. i. 120, 11.

  • Se hreoflia

    the leper,

    • 122, 10.

  • Getácnode ðes hreóflia man eal mancyn ðe wæs átelíce hreóflig . . . Láðlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc

    this leper betokened all mankind that was foully leprous ... Loathsome is the body of the leper,

    • 16-21: 33.

  • Wacode ealle ða niht mid ðam wædlian hreóflian.

    • Homl. Swt. 3, 486.

  • Reóflium menn gelíc

    like a leper,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 178, 13.

  • Martinus getácnode ǽnne hreóflinne mannan,

    • 512, 5.
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v.  hreóflia hreóf-líc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hreóf-lig.” 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/19692.

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