heafodlic

Old English

Etymology

From hēafod +‎ -līċ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑː.fod.liːt͡ʃ/, [ˈhæ͜ɑː.vod.liːt͡ʃ]

Adjective

hēafodlīċ

1. (position) chief, capital, at the top
2. (rank) principal, chief
3. (sins) deadly, mortal

Declension

Declension of hēafodlīċ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēafodlīċ	hēafodlīċ, hēafodlīċu, hēafodlīċo	hēafodlīċ
Accusative	hēafodlīcne	hēafodlīċe	hēafodlīċ
Genitive	hēafodlīċes	hēafodlīcre	hēafodlīċes
Dative	hēafodlīċum	hēafodlīcre	hēafodlīċum
Instrumental	hēafodlīċe	hēafodlīcre	hēafodlīċe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēafodlīċe	hēafodlīċa, hēafodlīċe	hēafodlīċ, hēafodlīċu, hēafodlīċo
Accusative	hēafodlīċe	hēafodlīċa, hēafodlīċe	hēafodlīċ, hēafodlīċu, hēafodlīċo
Genitive	hēafodlīcra	hēafodlīcra	hēafodlīcra
Dative	hēafodlīċum	hēafodlīċum	hēafodlīċum
Instrumental	hēafodlīċum	hēafodlīċum	hēafodlīċum

Declension of hēafodlīċ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēafodlīċa	hēafodlīċe	hēafodlīċe
Accusative	hēafodlīċan	hēafodlīċan	hēafodlīċe
Genitive	hēafodlīċan	hēafodlīċan	hēafodlīċan
Dative	hēafodlīċan	hēafodlīċan	hēafodlīċan
Instrumental	hēafodlīċan	hēafodlīċan	hēafodlīċan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēafodlīċan	hēafodlīċan	hēafodlīċan
Accusative	hēafodlīċan	hēafodlīċan	hēafodlīċan
Genitive	hēafodlīcra, hēafodlīċena	hēafodlīcra, hēafodlīċena	hēafodlīcra, hēafodlīċena
Dative	hēafodlīċum	hēafodlīċum	hēafodlīċum
Instrumental	hēafodlīċum	hēafodlīċum	hēafodlīċum

Descendants

• Middle English: havedlich, hedly
  • English: headly

References

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