† eislichadj.
Obsolete.
Fearful, terrible.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adjective]
eislichc888
eyesfulOE
awfulc1175
smarta1200
ferlya1225
sternc1275
grisea1300
uglya1300
dreadfula1325
fell?c1335
stout1338
perilousc1380
terriblec1400
ghastfulc1449
timorous1455
epouventable1477
bedreadc1485
dreadablec1490
dreadc1540
buggisha1555
dreaded1556
monster-like1561
dire1567
scareful1567
terrifying1577
scary1582
direful1583
affrighting1592
dismal1594
affrightful1603
diral1606
tirable1607
frighting1619
scaring1641
affrighteninga1651
formidolous1656
terrific1667
terrifical1677
atrocious1733
terrorful1789
orful1845
lurid1850
terrorsome1890
turble1893
timorsome1894
like the wrath of God1936
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxv. §6 Ða wæs ðær eac swiðe egeslic geatweard, ðæs nama sceolde bion Caron.
c1000 Wulfstan Addr. Engl. in Sweet Reader 108 Eall ðæt sindon micle and egeslice dæda.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 87 Eislic swei and blawende beman.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 67 To beregen us..wið þe eiseliche shame.
Derivatives
ˈeisliche adv. (a) Fearfully; (b) Timidly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adverb]
arghlyc1000
eislichec1175
faintly1297
fearedly1488
sheepishly1528
fearfully1548
timorously1548
tremblingly1552
sheepish1581
ghastly1589
frightfully1621
timidly1656
meticulouslya1682
fearingly1820
fearsomely1876
scarily1880
tremulously1886
mousily1910
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adverb]
dreadlyc1175
eislichec1175
grimlyc1175
ungainlya1200
awly?c1225
grurefulliche?c1225
fiendlyc1275
dreadfullya1400
felly?c1400
awfully1487
terrible1490
terriblya1500
fearingly1556
direly1610
dismally1653
dreadful1682
formidably1685
terrifyingly1767
direfully1775
terrifically1778
terrificly1791
appallingly1825
turble1893
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 41 Heȝe treon eisliche beorninde etforen helle ȝete.
c1394 P. Pl. Crede 341 Þere y auntrede me in & ai [s] liche y seide.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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