healice

Old English

Etymology

From hēah +‎ -līċe.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

hēalīċe

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

Descendants

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

References

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