eges líc
- adjective
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Eorþscræf egeslíc
a fearful cavern,
- Andr. Kmbl. 3174 ;
- An. 1590 .
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Egeslíc æled eágsýne wearþ
the terrible fire was visible to the eye,
- 3098 ;
- An. 1552: Rood Kmbl. 148 ;
- Kr. 74 .
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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.
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Wæs ðǽr swíðe egeslíc geatweard
there was a very horrible gatekeeper,
- Bt. 35, 6;
- Fox 168, 18.
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Ðæs egeslícan ðæt ðú dó feóndes aídlian awyrgede syrwunga horrendi făcias hostis văcuisse (?)
malignas insĭdias,
- Hymn. Surt. 47, 24.
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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 .
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Fá þrówiaþ ealdor-bealu egeslíc
the hostile shall suffer terrific vital evil,
31 b;- Th. 98, 31;
- Cri. 1616 .
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Ðæt he monig þing ge egeslíce ge willsumlíce geseah
that he saw many things both awful and delightful,
- Bd. 5, 12;
- S. 627, 29.
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Se ðe worhte egeslícu on sǽ ðære reádan
qui fēcit terribĭlia in mări rubro,
- Ps. Lamb. 105, 22.
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Wæs heora sum ðám óðrum egeslícra
one of them was more dreadful than the others,
- Bd. 5, 13;
- S. 033, 3.
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Daga egeslícast
most terrible of days,
- Exon. 23a ;
- Th. 63, 20;
- Cri. 1022 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “eges 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/9114.
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