holdlice

== Old English == === Etymology === From hold (“gracious, kind”) +‎ -līċe === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxoldˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈhoɫdˌliː.t͡ʃe] === Adverb === holdlīċe kindly, graciously ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: holdelike === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hold-líce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.