scandlic

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sċand +‎ -līċ. Cognate with Old High German skantlīh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɑnd.liːt͡ʃ/

Adjective

sċandlīċ (superlative scandlīċest)

  1. (people) disgraceful, infamous, vile, base; lowly
  2. (things) vile in nature, disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Sē wōda ðā āwende āweġ his ċeaflas fram ðǣre hālgan handa, swilċe fram hātum īsene, and sē āwyrġeda gāst ġewāt of ðām men ūt ðurh his ġesċēapu, mid sċēandlīcum flēame.
      The madman then turned his cheeks away from the holy man's hands as if from hot iron, and the accursed spirit departed the man through his genitals with shameful flight.
  3. causing shame

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: scondliche, schandliche

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