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un-ásecgendlíc

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un-ásecgendlíc, adj.
implying greatness, beyond the powers of language to describe, unspeakable, indescribable, ineffable
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  • Hwæt wundor is, gif se ælmihtiga God is unásecgendlíc?

    • Homl. Th. i. 286, 26: 322, 9: ii. 232, 5: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 33: Elen. Kmbl. 929
      • ;
    • E1. 466.

  • Unásæcgendlíc clǽne girýno

    ineffabile sacramentum,

    • Rtl. 33, 8.

  • Unásægcgendlíc,

    • 35, 15.

  • Ðæt unásecgenlíce wræc,

    • Blickl. Homl. 25, 24.

  • Unásecggenlíce,

    • 65, 21.

  • Ðæt wæs unásecgendlíc ǽnigum men hú mycel ðæs folces wæs

    it was impossible for any man to say how much people there was,

    • Chr. 1011
      • ;
    • Erl. 145, 14.

  • God unásecgendlícere mildheortnesse

    Deus inestimabilis misericordie,

    • Anglia xi. 112, 1.

  • Wundriende ðære unásecgendlícan gesǽlignesse ðæra manna, ðe him God forgifþ ealle heora scylda,

    • Ps. Th. 31, arg.

  • Æfter his unásecgendlícum foreþonce,

    • Bt. 39, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 220, 2.

  • Unásæcendlícum

    inenarrabili,

    • Rtl. 38, 5.

  • Unásecggendlícum,

    • Blickl. Homl. 87, 21.

  • Mid unásecgendlícre wurðmynte,

    • Ap. Th. 10, 21.

  • Hé hæfde fulneáh unásecgendlícne sige,

    • Bt. 16, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 54, 1: Homl. Th. i. 532, 1, 2.

  • Hí námon unásecgendlíce herehúðe,

    • Chr. 1046
      • ;
    • Erl. 171, 1.

  • Ða unmǽtan tyntregu and ða unásecgendlícan wíta,

    • L. E. I. prm.
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 396, 35.

  • Hé nam of hire eall ðæt heó áhte on golde and on seolfre and on unásecgendlícum þingum (

    things innumerable

    ),
    • Chr. 1042
      • ;
    • Erl. 169, 21.

  • Unásæccendlícum costum

    ineffabilibus modis,

    • Rtl. 108, 27.
not proper to tell, not to be told
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  • Ða unásecgendlícan

    nefandas,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 40.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-ásecgendlíc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/32586.

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