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eges líc

  • adjective
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eges líc, def. se eges líca, seó, ðæt eges líce; adj. [eges líc a likeness of fear = ]
Fearful, terrible, dreadful, terrific, horrible, awful; terrĭbĭlis, terrĭfĭcus, horrĭbĭlis, horrendus
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  • Eorþscræf egeslíc

    a fearful cavern,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3174
    • ;
    • An. 1590
    • .
  • Egeslíc æled eágsýne wearþ

    the terrible fire was visible to the eye,

    • 3098
    • ;
    • An. 1552: Rood Kmbl. 148
    • ;
    • Kr. 74
    • .
  • Eálá hú egeslíc ðeós stów ys quam terrĭbĭlis est locus iste! Gen. 28, 17.He is egeslíc God, ofer ealle godu eorþbúendra

    Domĭnus terribĭlis est sŭper omnes deos,

    • Ps. Th. 95, 4: 88, 6: Ps. Spl. 46,
    • 2.
  • Wæs ðǽr swíðe egeslíc geatweard

    there was a very horrible gatekeeper,

    • Bt. 35,
    • 6;
    • Fox 168,
    • 18.
  • Ðæs egeslícan ðæt ðú dó feóndes aídlian awyrgede syrwunga horrendi făcias hostis văcuisse (?)

    malignas insĭdias,

    • Hymn. Surt. 47,
    • 24.
  • Egeslícne cwide sigora Weard ofer ðæt fǽge folc forþ forlǽteþ

    the Lord of victories shall send forth a dreadful utterance over the fated folk,

    • Exon. 30a
    • ;
    • Th. 92,
    • 30;
    • Cri. 1516
    • .
  • Fá þrówiaþ ealdor-bealu egeslíc

    the hostile shall suffer terrific vital evil,

    31 b;
    • Th. 98,
    • 31;
    • Cri. 1616
    • .
  • Ðæt he monig þing ge egeslíce ge willsumlíce geseah

    that he saw many things both awful and delightful,

    • Bd. 5,
    • 12;
    • S. 627,
    • 29.
  • Se ðe worhte egeslícu on sǽ ðære reádan

    qui fēcit terribĭlia in mări rubro,

    • Ps. Lamb. 105,
    • 22.
  • Wæs heora sum ðám óðrum egeslícra

    one of them was more dreadful than the others,

    • Bd. 5,
    • 13;
    • S. 033,
    • 3.
  • Daga egeslícast

    most terrible of days,

    • Exon. 23a
    • ;
    • Th. 63,
    • 20;
    • Cri. 1022
    • .
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