manlice

Old English

Alternative forms

mannlīċe

Etymology

Derived from an unattested adjective *manlīċ. Equivalent to manlīċ +‎ -e or mann +‎ -līċe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnˌliː.t͡ʃe/

Adverb

manlīċe

in a way befitting a person: courageously, nobly

Descendants

Middle English: manliche, manli, manly

References

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

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