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Old English
Etymology
From ġeflit (“argument, fighting”) + -ful + -līċ or ġeflitful + -līċ.
Adjective
ġeflitfullīc
- contentious
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
An. DCCLXXXV Hēr wæs ġeflitfullīċ seonoð æt Ċealchȳþe, and Ēanbriht arċebisċeop forlēt sumne dǣl his bisċeopdōmes, ⁊ frām Offan cinge Hiġebriht wæs ġecoren, ⁊ Eċġferð tō cininge ġehalgod.- Year 785 In this year there was a contentious synod in Chalk, and Archbishop Eanbright gave up some a part of his bishopdom, and Higebright was chosen by King Offa, and Edgeferth was crowned king.
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