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winterlic
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Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
winterlīċ
- (relational) winter
- c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
- Rōmanisc̄e lēodan ongynnað heora ġēar æfter hǣðenum ġewunan on winterlīċere tīde. Ebrei healdað heora geares annginn on lenctenlīcre emnihte. Đā Grēcisċan onginnað hyra ġēar æt ðām sunnstede; ⁊ ða Egiptisċan on hærfest.
- The Roman people begin theirs, after the heathen custom, in the winter time. The Hebrews observe the beginning of their year on the vernal equinox. The Greeks begin their year at the solstice; and the Egyptians in the fall.
- c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
- wintry
Declension
Declension of winterlīċ — Strong
Declension of winterlīċ — Weak
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “WINTERLĪĊ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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