woruldlic

Old English

Alternative forms

• worldlīċ, woroldlīċ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwo.ruld.liːt͡ʃ/, [ˈwo.ruɫd.liːt͡ʃ]

Adjective

woruldlīċ

1. worldly, earthly, natural, physical, temporal, mundane
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Þā brōhte sē cniht tō þām clǣnan mǣdene dēorwurþa ġimmas and woruldlīċe glenċġa and behēt hire welan ġif hēo wolde hine.

     Then the boy brought the pure maiden valuable gems and worldly decorations and promised her riches if she would [be with] him.

2. secular, civil, worldly

Declension

Declension of woruldlīċ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	woruldlīċ	woruldlīċ, woruldlīċu, woruldlīċo	woruldlīċ
Accusative	woruldlīcne	woruldlīċe	woruldlīċ
Genitive	woruldlīċes	woruldlīcre	woruldlīċes
Dative	woruldlīċum	woruldlīcre	woruldlīċum
Instrumental	woruldlīċe	woruldlīcre	woruldlīċe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	woruldlīċe	woruldlīċa, woruldlīċe	woruldlīċ, woruldlīċu, woruldlīċo
Accusative	woruldlīċe	woruldlīċa, woruldlīċe	woruldlīċ, woruldlīċu, woruldlīċo
Genitive	woruldlīcra	woruldlīcra	woruldlīcra
Dative	woruldlīċum	woruldlīċum	woruldlīċum
Instrumental	woruldlīċum	woruldlīċum	woruldlīċum

Declension of woruldlīċ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	woruldlīċa	woruldlīċe	woruldlīċe
Accusative	woruldlīċan	woruldlīċan	woruldlīċe
Genitive	woruldlīċan	woruldlīċan	woruldlīċan
Dative	woruldlīċan	woruldlīċan	woruldlīċan
Instrumental	woruldlīċan	woruldlīċan	woruldlīċan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	woruldlīċan	woruldlīċan	woruldlīċan
Accusative	woruldlīċan	woruldlīċan	woruldlīċan
Genitive	woruldlīcra, woruldlīċena	woruldlīcra, woruldlīċena	woruldlīcra, woruldlīċena
Dative	woruldlīċum	woruldlīċum	woruldlīċum
Instrumental	woruldlīċum	woruldlīċum	woruldlīċum

Descendants

• Middle English: worldly
  • English: worldly
  • Scots: warldly, wardly

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “weoroldlíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.