Old English · adverb
lichamlice
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈliːkˌxɑmˌliː.t͡ʃe/[ˈliːkˌhɑmˌliː.t͡ʃe]
- Syllables
- ˈliːk · ˌxɑm · ˌliː · t͡ʃe (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- physicallyempirically
Meaning
-
physically
-
bodily, empirically
...þū þe wē ne magon līchamlīce onġytan nāþer nē mid ēagum, nē mid swece, nē mid ēarum, nē mid smecce, nē mid hrine...
...whom we can not know bodily, neither by eyes, nor by smell, nor by ears, nor by taste, nor by touch...
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Etymology
From līchamlīċ + -e.
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