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)

1. 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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.