bliþelice
Old English
Etymology
From blīþe + -līċe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbliː.θeˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈbliː.ðeˌliː.t͡ʃe]
Adverb
blīþelīċe
- happily
Descendants
- Middle English: bliþeliche, blyþely, blythely
- English: blithely
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “blíðelíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.