endebyrdlice

Old English

Etymology

From endebyrd + -līċe.

Adverb

endebyrdlīċe

  1. orderly
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
      Swīðe endebyrdlīce þū hyt recst, ac ic þē wille secgan ġēt þēah hwæs [ic] þǣr fæstlīce ġelȳfe [and] ymb hwæt ic þǣr ġȳt twēoge.
      Very orderly thou dost explain it, but I will yet say to thee what I firmly believe, and about what I yet doubt.

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