scandlic

Old English

Alternative forms

  • sċeandlīċ, sċondlīċ

Etymology

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

Adjective

sċandlīċ

  1. (people) disgraceful, infamous, vile, base; lowly.
  2. (things) vile in nature, disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene.
  3. causing shame.

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: scondliche, schandliche

References

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