mihtlice

Old English

Alternative forms
  • mihtelīċe, meahtelīċe

Etymology

From miht +‎ -līċe.

Adverb

mihtlīċe

  1. mightily, powerfully, in power; with might.
  2. possible; possibly.
  • Ða cƿæþ se Hælend, Ȝyf ðu ȝelyfan miht, ealle þinȝ synd ȝelyfedum mihtlice.
  • Jesus said unto him, “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth."

Descendants
  • Middle English: myȝtly, myghtely

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