lahlic

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, lagu (“law”) +‎ -līċ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑx.liːt͡ʃ/

Adjective

lahlīċ

1. lawful

Declension

Declension of lahlic — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lahlic	lahlic, lahlicu, lahlico	lahlic
Accusative	lahlicne	lahlice	lahlic
Genitive	lahlices	lahlicre	lahlices
Dative	lahlicum	lahlicre	lahlicum
Instrumental	lahlice	lahlicre	lahlice
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lahlice	lahlica, lahlice	lahlic, lahlicu, lahlico
Accusative	lahlice	lahlica, lahlice	lahlic, lahlicu, lahlico
Genitive	lahlicra	lahlicra	lahlicra
Dative	lahlicum	lahlicum	lahlicum
Instrumental	lahlicum	lahlicum	lahlicum

Declension of lahlic — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lahlica	lahlice	lahlice
Accusative	lahlican	lahlican	lahlice
Genitive	lahlican	lahlican	lahlican
Dative	lahlican	lahlican	lahlican
Instrumental	lahlican	lahlican	lahlican
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lahlican	lahlican	lahlican
Accusative	lahlican	lahlican	lahlican
Genitive	lahlicra, lahlicena	lahlicra, lahlicena	lahlicra, lahlicena
Dative	lahlicum	lahlicum	lahlicum
Instrumental	lahlicum	lahlicum	lahlicum

Descendants

• Middle English: lawely, laȝeliche, laulyche, louyly

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lah-líc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.