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fǽr-lic

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sudden, that is unexpected, that happens without warning
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  • Ðý lǽs eów hrædlíce on becume se fǽrlíca

    (repentina)

    dómes dæg,

    • Past. 129, 21
      • .

  • Feerlic (fér-, R.),

    • Lk. L. 21, 34
      • .

  • Gif hit gewyrþe þæt on þeódscipe becume fǽrlic coþa oþþe fǽrlic deáþ,

    • Wlfst. 172, 19
      • .

  • Fǽrlic ende,

    • Bl. H. 113, 8
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  • Hwæt þis ǽfre beón sceole fǽrlices

    whatever can this sudden change be,

    • Hml. S. 23, 516
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  • Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð

    if any sudden ill befall the nation,

    • Wlfst. 271, 1
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  • Ðá ðe mid fǽrlice luste

    (repentina concupiscentia)

    beóð oferswíðde,

    • Past. 429, 33
      • :
    • 417, 5
      • .

  • Mín Drihten, ne lǽt mé nǽfre fǽrlicum deáðe of þissum lífe gewítan,

    • Angl. xii. 499, 5
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  • For his fǽrlican áweggewitennysse,

    • Hml. S. 30, 225
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  • Férlican ógan

    repentino terrore,

    • Kent. Gl. 49
      • .
sudden, quick in operation (of poison)
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  • Hé ðygde unlybban, ac hé ðá frecednysse ðæs færlican áttres (cf. ꝥ attor sóna hine swíðe þreáde forneán tó deáðe, Hml. S. 31, 198) áflígde,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 504, 15
      • .
that occurs without design, fortuitous
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  • On fǽrlicum gelimpe

    fortuitu casu,

    • R. Ben. I. 69, 3
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  • Fǽrlicum gelimpum

    fortuitis casibus,

    • An. Ox. 4185
      • .

  • Þá fǽrlican áwendennissa

    fortuitas permutationes,

    • 190.
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. ferly; adj.
Icel. fár-ligr disastrous.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fǽr-lic.” 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/44399.

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