Old English · adverb
missenlice
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /misˈsenˌliː.t͡ʃe/
- Syllables
- mis · ˈsen · ˌliː · t͡ʃe (4 syllables)
Meaning
differently, variously, diversely
winde biwāune · weallas stondaþ, hrīme bihrorene, · hrȳðġe þā ederas.
as now walls are standing differently over this world, blown by wind, covered by frost, the snow-swept dwellings.
swā nū missenlīċe · ġeond þisne middanġeard
Etymology
From missenlīċ (“differently”) + -e. Compare mislīċe (“differently”), from mis- (“diversely, in different ways”) + -līċe.
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