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Englisc

  • adjective
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Grammar
Englisc, Ænglisc; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§60; §218; §289; §312; §317; §632;
ENGLISH ; Anglĭcus
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  • Hér syndon on ðis íglande [Britene] fif geþeóda [MS. þeóda], Englisc, and Brytisc, . . . and Scyttisc, and Pihtisc, [and Bóc-Lǽden]

    here are in this island [Britain] five languages, English, and British, . . . and Scottish, and Pictish, [and Book-Latin ],

    • Chr. Th. 3, 3-6, col. 3,
      • 2.

  • Ðæt is on Englisc, mín God

    that is in English, my God,

    • Mt. Bos. 27,
      • 46.

  • On Englisc

    in English,

    • Bd. 3,
      • 19;
    • S. 547,
      • 22.

  • On Englisc land, ne Englisc on Wilisc

    in England [English land], nor English in Welsh,

    • L. O. D. 6
      • ;
    • Wilk. 126,
      • 3.

  • Awendan of Lédene on Englisc

    to translate from Latin into English,

    • Ælfc. pref. Gen. 1,
      • 4.

  • Seó bóc is on Englisc awend

    the book is turned [translated] into English,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 358,
      • 30.

  • Ic [Ælfríc Abbod] gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella on Engliscum gereorde

    I [Abbot Ælfric] have composed about forty sermons in the English tongue,

    • Ælfc. T. 27,
      • 17.

  • Ðeáh ða scearpþanclan witan ðisse Engliscan geþeódnesse ne behófien

    though the sharp-minded wise men need not this English translation,

    • MS. Cot. Faust. A. x. 150b
      • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 440,
      • 31.
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v.  Anglisc Ænglisc.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “Englisc.” 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/9433.

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  • Englisc, adj.

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