missenlic

• misenlīċ, misendlīċ, mistenlīċ, mislīċ

Variant of missendlīċ, equivalent to missan +‎ -endlīċ.

• IPA^(key): /misˈsen.liːt͡ʃ/

missenlīċ

1. dissimilar, different, varied, manifold, diverse
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Hit is weliġ þis ēalond on wæstmum ⁊ on trēowum misenlīcra cynna; ⁊ hit is ġesċræpe on lǣwe sċēapa ⁊ nēata; ⁊ on sumum stōwum wīnġeardas grōwaþ.

     This island is rich in fruits and trees of various kinds; and it is suitable for the pasture of sheep and cattle; and in some places vineyards grow.

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Ēac sē hālga bisċop ġesēah ġelōme þā awyrigedan deoflu mid mislīcum gedwymorum. Hē nāteshwōn ne ondrēd heora deofellīcan hīw, ne hē næs bepǣht ðurh heora lēasungum.

     Moreover, the holy bishop often saw the accursed devils with various phantoms. He never feared their devilish forms, nor was he deceived by their deceptions.

• mislīċ

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “missen-lic”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.