hreowlice

Old English

Etymology

From hrēow +‎ -līċe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxre͜oːwˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈr̥e͜oːwˌliː.t͡ʃe]

Adverb

hrēowlīċe

miserably, cruelly, grievously, in a way to excite pity

Descendants

Middle English: reowliche, reuliche, rewly
- English: ruly

References

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

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