gastlic
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gāstlīċ
- spiritual
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Onġietan sċeal glēaw hæle · hū gǣstlīċ bið,
þonne ealle þisse worulde wela · wēste stondeð;- A wise man must understand how spiritual it is
when all wealth of this world stands empty;
- A wise man must understand how spiritual it is
- holy, sacred
Declension
[edit]Declension of gāstlīċ — Strong
Declension of gāstlīċ — Weak
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gástlíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.