-endlic

Old English

Etymology

Combined form, created from -ende (Old English present participle ending) + -līċ (-ly, "like") and from -end (Old English agent suffix, ult., from -ende) + -līc (-ly, "like")

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /endˌliːt͡ʃ/

Suffix

-endlīċ

  1. Forming adjectives from verbs with the sense of ‘able to, capable of’.
    ācumendlīc "possible" (lit. "able to arrive or come about")
    būgendlīc "capable of bending, bendable, flexible"

Descendants
  • Middle English: -endlic, -endlice, -andlic, -endliȝ, -andlike
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