heardlice

== Old English == === Alternative forms === heartlīċe === Etymology === From heard +‎ -līċe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑrdˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈhæ͜ɑrˠdˌliː.t͡ʃe] === Adverb === heardlīċe boldly, bravely, hardily The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle hardly, not easily, inflexibly, severely, harshly, sternly, sorely ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: hardliche, hardely English: hardly === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “heardlíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.