deorlice

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dēore +‎ -līċe. Cognate with Old Saxon diurlīko, Old High German tiurlīhho.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈde͜oːrˌliː.t͡ʃe/

Adverb[edit]

dēorlīċe (superlative dēorlīcost)

preciously, dearly, worthily, richly, sincerely, acceptably

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: deorliche, derely
- English: dearly

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “deórlíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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