hreowlice

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From hrēow +‎ -līċe.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈxre͜oːwˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈr̥e͜oːwˌliː.t͡ʃe]

Adverb[edit]

hrēowlīċe

miserably, cruelly, grievously, in a way to excite pity

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: reowliche, reuliche, rewly
- English: ruly

References[edit]

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

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