liefly
English
adverb
Definitions
- (archaic) willingly; gladly
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English levely inherited from Old English lēoflīċe (graciously, gladly, kindly, lovingly) inherited from Proto-Germanic *leubalīka, *leubalīkaz affix from English lief.
Origin
English
lief
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- leefkyn English
- leeftail English
- leman English
- lemman English
- lief English
- liefling English
- liefsome English
- livelong English
- lieflijk Dutch, Flemish
- *leubalīka Proto-Germanic
- *leubalīkaz Proto-Germanic
- leoflic Old English
- lēoflīċe Old English
- leef Middle English
- levely Middle English
- ljúfligr Old Norse
- lieplich Middle High German
- 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic