healice

Old English

Etymology

From hēah +‎ -līċe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑːˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈhæ͜ɑːˌliː.t͡ʃe]

Adverb

hēalīċe

highly, on high, to a high position or degree, greatly, extremely
with a high quality, nobly
elaborately, with perfect workmanship

Descendants

Middle English: heyȝliche, heȝly, hiȝly
- English: highly

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heálíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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