scandlic
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom sċand + -līċ. Cognate with Old High German skantlīh.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsċandlīċ (superlative scandlīċest)
- (people) disgraceful, infamous, vile, base; lowly
- (things) vile in nature, disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene
- causing shame
Declension
editDeclension 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.