deorlice

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈde͜oːrˌliː.t͡ʃe/

Adverb

dēorlīċe (superlative dēorlīcost)

preciously, dearly, worthily, richly, sincerely, acceptably

Descendants

Middle English: deorliche, derely
- English: dearly

References

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

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