Old English · adverb
gewyrdelice
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /jeˈwyr.deˌliː.t͡ʃe/[jeˈwyrˠ.deˌliː.t͡ʃe]
- Syllables
- je · ˈwyr · de · ˌliː · t͡ʃe (5 syllables)
Meaning
eloquently verbatim
Snodorlīce, þæt is gewyrdelīce
Prudently, that is eloquently
Etymology
From ġewyrde (“speech, conversation, sentence”) (ġe- + -wyrde + -līċe), from Proto-Germanic *wurdiją + *-līka.
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