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un-pleólíc

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un-pleólíc, adj.
Not dangerous, without risk,
as regards physical hurt
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  • Unpleólícre hit bið on lytlum scipe and on lytlum wætere, ðonne on miclum scipe and on miclum wætere,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 29.
as regards moral hurt
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  • Augustinus cwæð, ðæt unpleólíc sý þeáh hwá lǽcewyrte ðirge; ac ðæt hé tǽlþ tó unálýfedlícere wíglunge, gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte, búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge,

    • Homl. Th. i. 476, 3.

  • Sume teolunga sind ðe man earfoðlíce mæg búton synnum begán, Petrus hæfde unpleólíce teolunge, and hé búton pleó tó his fixnoðe gecyrde,

    • ii. 288, 25.

  • Ðás tácna sind dígle and unpleólíce,

    • i. 306, 30.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-pleólíc.” 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/33607.

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