liflice

Old English

Etymology

From līf +‎ -līċe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈliːfˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈliːvˌliː.t͡ʃe]

Adverb

līflīċe

vitally, in such a way as to infuse life

Descendants

Middle English: lifly, lyvely
- English: lively

References

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

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