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fearful, inspiring fear, terrible,
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  • Egeful hláford

    metuendus dominus,

      R. Ben. 2, 2.

  • Cóm rídende sum egefull ridda,

      Hml. S. 25, 773.

  • Swá egefull wæs Alexander þá þá hé wæs on eásteweardum þissum middangearde ꝥte þá from him ondrédan þe wǽron on westeweardum

    tantus timor in summo Oriente constituti ducis populos ultimi Occidentis invaserat,

      Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 6.

  • Alexander se egefulla cyning,

      Hml. S. 25, 1.

  • Hí geseóð egefulne þone ðe hí eádmódne forhygedon,

      Hml. Th. i. 300, 19.
of things,
terrible, tremendous
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  • Beó him swíðe egefull ðæt éce wíte

    aeterna supplicia perhorrescant,

      Past. 263, 16.

  • Seó sǽ is hwílon swíðe hreóh and egeful on tó beónne,

      Hml. Th. i. 182, 33.

  • Tó þám egefullan Godes dóme

    tremendo judicio Dei,

      R. Ben. 31, 10.

  • Þone egefullan cwide

    terribilem sententiam,

      49, 19.
fearful, timorous.
feeling fear, cf. ege-leás
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  • Egefulle

    tremebundos,

      Hpt. Gl. 475, 4.
expressing fear
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  • Mid eargum, egefullum gebǽrum

    formidilosis, i. stupefactis gestibus,

      Hpt. Gl. 518, 58.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ege-full.” 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/43871.

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