openlice

Meaning

1. openly, publicly

   "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 10, verse 24

   Then the Jew surrounded him from outside and said to him, how long do you delay our lives. Tell us openly whether you be Christ.

2. clearly

   Nū ðū þæt swā openlīce onġiten hæfst, ne þearfe ic nū nauht swīþe ymbe þ swincan þæt ic þē mā be gode recce.

   Since thou hast so clearly understood this, I need not now greatly labour in order that I may instruct thee further concerning good;...

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy