undeadlic
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Middle English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]undeadlic
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of undedly
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + dēadlīċ. Cognate with Old Norse ódauðligr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]undēadlīċ
- immortal
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- Þā sē hālga martyr mid þām Hālgan Gāst āfylled smearcode mid mūþe and tō þām mānfullan cwæþ "Ūs ġedafenaþ tō offriġenne þām undēadlīċum gode."
- Then the holy martyr, filled with the Holy Spirit, smiled with his mouth and to the evil man said "It benefits us to sacrifice to the immortal God."
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Declension
[edit]Declension of undēadlīċ — Strong
Declension of undēadlīċ — Weak
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: undedly, ondedely, ondeedly, undedeliche, undedely, un-dedely, undeedly, undeadlic, undeadlich, undedlich (Early Middle English)
- English: undeadly