heardlice

Old English

Alternative forms

  • heartlīċe

Etymology

From heard +‎ -līċe.

Adverb

heardlīċe

  1. boldly, bravely, hardily.
  2. hardly, not easily, inflexibly, severely, harshly, sternly, sorely

Descendants

  • Middle English: hardliche, hardely

References

  • heardlíce in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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