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Old English · adjective

werlic

Normalised werlīċ

Part of speech
adjective, masculine
IPA
/ˈwer.liːt͡ʃ/
Syllables
ˈwer · liːt͡ʃ (2 syllables)
Modern English
malemaritalmanly

Meaning

  1. male

  2. manly, masculine

  3. husband; marital

  4. part of the masculine grammatical gender

    Æfter ġecynde syndon twā cyn on naman, masculinum and femininum, þæt is, werlīċ and wīflīċ...

    Two nominal genders are named after natural genders, masculinum and femininum, that is, masculine and feminine...

    c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice

Declension

Strong declension of werlic
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative werlīċwerlīċwerlīċuwerlīċowerlīċ
Accusative werlīcnewerlīċewerlīċ
Genitive werlīċeswerlīcrewerlīċes
Dative werlīċumwerlīcrewerlīċum
Instrumental werlīċewerlīcrewerlīċe
Plural
Nominative werlīċewerlīċawerlīċewerlīċwerlīċuwerlīċo
Accusative werlīċewerlīċawerlīċewerlīċwerlīċuwerlīċo
Genitive werlīcrawerlīcrawerlīcra
Dative werlīċumwerlīċumwerlīċum
Instrumental werlīċumwerlīċumwerlīċum
Weak declension of werlic
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative werlīċawerlīċewerlīċe
Accusative werlīċanwerlīċanwerlīċe
Genitive werlīċanwerlīċanwerlīċan
Dative werlīċanwerlīċanwerlīċan
Instrumental werlīċanwerlīċanwerlīċan
Plural
Nominative werlīċanwerlīċanwerlīċan
Accusative werlīċanwerlīċanwerlīċan
Genitive werlīcrawerlīċenawerlīcrawerlīċenawerlīcrawerlīċena
Dative werlīċumwerlīċumwerlīċum
Instrumental werlīċumwerlīċumwerlīċum

All forms (12)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *weralīkaz. Related to Gothic (wairaleikō). Equivalent to wer + -līċ.

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