wynlic

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wunnjulīk (“joyous”), equivalent to wynn +‎ -līċ. Cognate with Old High German wunnilīh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwyn.liːt͡ʃ/

Adjective

wynlīċ

1. delightful, pleasing, agreeable, charming

Declension

Declension of wynlīċ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wynlīċ	wynlīċ, wynlīċu, wynlīċo	wynlīċ
Accusative	wynlīcne	wynlīċe	wynlīċ
Genitive	wynlīċes	wynlīcre	wynlīċes
Dative	wynlīċum	wynlīcre	wynlīċum
Instrumental	wynlīċe	wynlīcre	wynlīċe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wynlīċe	wynlīċa, wynlīċe	wynlīċ, wynlīċu, wynlīċo
Accusative	wynlīċe	wynlīċa, wynlīċe	wynlīċ, wynlīċu, wynlīċo
Genitive	wynlīcra	wynlīcra	wynlīcra
Dative	wynlīċum	wynlīċum	wynlīċum
Instrumental	wynlīċum	wynlīċum	wynlīċum

Declension of wynlīċ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wynlīċa	wynlīċe	wynlīċe
Accusative	wynlīċan	wynlīċan	wynlīċe
Genitive	wynlīċan	wynlīċan	wynlīċan
Dative	wynlīċan	wynlīċan	wynlīċan
Instrumental	wynlīċan	wynlīċan	wynlīċan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wynlīċan	wynlīċan	wynlīċan
Accusative	wynlīċan	wynlīċan	wynlīċan
Genitive	wynlīcra, wynlīċena	wynlīcra, wynlīċena	wynlīcra, wynlīċena
Dative	wynlīċum	wynlīċum	wynlīċum
Instrumental	wynlīċum	wynlīċum	wynlīċum

Derived terms

• wynlīċe

Descendants

• Middle English: wunliche, wynnelych, wynly
  • English: winly
  • ⇒ Scots: winly (adverb)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wynlíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.