- déaþbǽrlic
- adj deadly
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
deadly — O.E. deadlic mortal, subject to death, also causing death; see DEAD (Cf. dead) + LY (Cf. ly) (2). Meaning having the capacity to kill is from late 14c. (O.E. words for this included deaðbærlic, deaðberende) … Etymology dictionary