eldertongue

Old English · adjective

drihtenlic

Normalised drihtenlīċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈdrix.ten.liːt͡ʃ/
[ˈdriç.ten.liːt͡ʃ]
Syllables
ˈdrix · ten · liːt͡ʃ (3 syllables)
Modern English
belonginglordly

Meaning

  1. belonging to the lord, lordly

    Ɖa wæs ymb tū hund wintra ⁊ syx ⁊ hundeahtatiġ æfter þǣre Drihtenlīcan mennysċnysse, þat Dioclitianus cāsere, sē wæs frām Agustō ðridde ēac ðrittiġum, sē hæfde twentiġ wintra rīċe.

    It was about two hundred and eighty-six years after the Lordly Incarnation that Emperor Diocletian, who was the thirty-third emperor from Augustus, reigned for twenty years.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Declension

All forms (12)

Etymology

From drihten + -līċ.

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