scandlic
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sċand + -līċ. Cognate with Old High German skantlīh.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sċandlīċ (superlative scandlīċest)
- (people) disgraceful, infamous, vile, base; lowly
- (things) vile in nature, disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene
- causing shame
Declension[edit]
Declension of sċandlīċ — Strong
Declension of sċandlīċ — Weak
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: scondliche, schandliche
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sceandlíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.