drihtenlic

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From drihten +‎ -līċ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrix.ten.liːt͡ʃ/, [ˈdriç.ten.liːt͡ʃ]

Adjective

drihtenlīċ

  1. belonging to the lord, lordly
    • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
      Ɖa wæs ymb tū hund wintra ⁊ syx ⁊ hundeahtatiġ æfter þǣre Drihtenlīcan mennysċnysse, þat Dioclitianus cāsere, sē wæs frām Agustō ðridde ēac ðrittiġum, sē hæfde twentiġ wintra rīċe.
      It was about two hundred and eighty-six years after the Lordly Incarnation that Emperor Diocletian, who was the thirty-third emperor from Augustus, reigned for twenty years.

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: drihtenlice

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