anlicnes
Old English
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editNoun
editanlīcnes f
- likeness, resemblance
- image or statue
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and his wife Basilissa"
- Gehelp urum godum and hat to þe gefeccan þisne dry Iulianum þe ure goda anlicnysse mid ealle to-brytte...
- Help our gods, and command men to bring thee this sorcerer Julianus, who hath utterly broken the images of our gods,...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and his wife Basilissa"
Declension
editDeclension of anlīcnes (strong ō-stem)
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “an-lícnes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.