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pleó-líc

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pleó-líc, adj.
Dangerous, perilous, hurtful, hazardous
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  • Hit swýðe pleólíc is, ðæt man on ðám hálgum stówum áðer oððe ðæt dó oððe ðæt sprece ðæt ðǽm stówum ne gedafenaþ,

      L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 27.

  • Mé þincþ ðæt ðæt weorc (

    translating Genesis) is swíðe pleólíc (dangerous, because a foolish person might misapply what he read ),

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 22, 8.

  • Ne becymst ðú nǽfre tó ðam pleólícum leahtre,

      Homl. Th. ii. 208, 31.

  • Gif hié (seó menigo ðínra monna) yfele sint ðonne sint hié ðé pleólícran and geswincfulran gehæfd ðonne genæfd

    si vitiosi moribus sunt, perniciosa domus sarcina,

      Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, 22.

  • Hiora ingewinn him wǽron forneáh ða mǽstan and ða pleólecestan,

      Ors. 2, 6 ; Swt. 88, 29. v. un-pleólíc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “pleó-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/25280.

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