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fǽrlíc

  • adjective
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Grammar
fǽrlíc, feárlic; def.se fǽrlíca, seó, ðæt fǽrlíce; adj.
Sudden, unexpected, quick; sŭbĭtus, repentīnus
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  • Him becom fǽrlíc yfel

    a sudden plague came upon them,

    • Ors. 4,
      • 5;
    • Bos. 81, 22: Gen. 19,
      • 19.

  • Fǽrlíc geþoht

    a sudden thought,

    • Hexam. 14
      • ;
    • Norm. 22,
      • 5.

  • Fǽrlíc rén

    sudden rain;

    imber,
    • Ælfc. Gl. 94
      • ;
    • Som. 75,
      • 113;
    • Wrt. Voc. 52,
      • 63.

  • Þurh fǽrlícne [feárlícne MS. A.] deáþ

    through sudden death,

    • L. C. S. 71
      • ;
    • Th. i. 412,
      • 28.

  • Se fǽrlíca dæg

    repentīna dies,

    • Lk. Bos. 21,
      • 34.

  • Se fǽrlíca deáþ

    sudden death,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 22,
      • 19.
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v.  feárlíc férlíc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fǽrlíc.” 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/9985.

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