wynlic

Old English

Alternative forms

  • ƿynlīċ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wunilīkaz (joyous), equivalent to wynn + -līċ. Cognate with Old High German wunnilīh.

Adjective

wynlīċ

  1. delightful, pleasing, agreeable, charming.

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: wunliche, winnelich, wynly

References

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