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

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