scandlic
Appearance
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.