bliþelice

Old English

Etymology

From blīþe +‎ -līċe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbliː.θeˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈbliː.ðeˌliː.t͡ʃe]

Adverb

blīþelīċe

1. gladly, joyfully, blithely, happily, merrily

Descendants

• Middle English: bliþeliche, blyþely, blythely
  • English: blithely

References

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