anlicnes
Old English
Alternative forms
- onlīcnes, andlīcnis, anlīcness, anlīcnyss
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑnˌliːk.nes/
Noun
anlīcnes f
- likeness, resemblance
- image or statue
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and his wife Basilissa"
- Gehelp urum godum and hat to þe gefeccan þisne dry Iulianum þe ure goda anlicnysse mid ealle to-brytte...
- Help our gods, and command men to bring thee this sorcerer Julianus, who hath utterly broken the images of our gods,...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and his wife Basilissa"
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “an-lícnes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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