laþlic

Old English

Alternative forms

  • lāðlīċ

Etymology

From lāþ + -līċ, from Proto-Germanic *laiþalīkaz. Cognate with Old High German leidlīh, Old Saxon lēthlīk

Adjective

lāþlīċ

  1. hateful, loathsome, disgusting, horrible, detestable, abominable

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: loothly, lothli

References

  • láðíc in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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