woruldlic

Old English

Alternative forms

  • worldlīċ, woroldlīċ, ƿoruldlīċ, ƿorldlīċ, ƿoroldlīċ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *weraldilīkaz, equivalent to woruld + -līċ. Cognate with Old High German weraltlīh.

Adjective

woruldlīċ

  1. worldly, earthly, natural, physical, temporal, mundane.
  2. secular, civil, worldly.

Declension

Descendants

References

  • weoroldlíc in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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