woruldlic
Old English
Alternative forms
- worldlīċ, woroldlīċ, ƿoruldlīċ, ƿorldlīċ, ƿoroldlīċ
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *weraldilīkaz, equivalent to woruld + -līċ. Cognate with Old High German weraltlīh.
Adjective
woruldlīċ
- worldly, earthly, natural, physical, temporal, mundane.
- secular, civil, worldly.
Declension
Declension of woruldlic — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | woruldlīċ | woruldlīċu, -o | woruldlīċ |
Accusative | woruldlīċne | woruldlīċe | woruldlīċ |
Genitive | woruldlīċes | woruldlīċre | woruldlīċes |
Dative | woruldlīċum | woruldlīċre | woruldlīċum |
Instrumental | woruldlīċe | woruldlīċre | woruldlīċe |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | woruldlīċe | woruldlīċa, -e | woruldlīċu, -o |
Accusative | woruldlīċe | woruldlīċa, -e | woruldlīċu, -o |
Genitive | woruldlīċra | woruldlīċra | woruldlīċra |
Dative | woruldlīċum | woruldlīċum | woruldlīċum |
Instrumental | woruldlīċum | woruldlīċum | woruldlīċum |
Declension of woruldlic — Weak
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | woruldlīċa | woruldlīċe | woruldlīċe |
Accusative | woruldlīċan | woruldlīċan | woruldlīċe |
Genitive | woruldlīċan | woruldlīċan | woruldlīċan |
Dative | woruldlīċan | woruldlīċan | woruldlīċan |
Instrumental | woruldlīċan | woruldlīċan | woruldlīċan |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | woruldlīċan | woruldlīċan | woruldlīċan |
Accusative | woruldlīċan | woruldlīċan | woruldlīċan |
Genitive | woruldlīċra, woruldlīċena | woruldlīċra, woruldlīċena | woruldlīċra, woruldlīċena |
Dative | woruldlīċum | woruldlīċum | woruldlīċum |
Instrumental | woruldlīċum | woruldlīċum | woruldlīċum |
Descendants
- Middle English: worldlich, worldly
- English: worldly
References
- weoroldlíc in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary