† wenlich, a. Obs.
[OE. wénlic, f. ween n. + -ly1. Cf. OS. wânlik beautiful, MHG. wænlich, early mod.G. wahnlich, wähnlich probable, supposed.]
a. Beautiful. b. ? Worthy, excellent.
| c 1000 ælfric in Assman Ags. Hom. 108 Heo wæs swiðe wlitiᵹ & wenlices hiwes. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 29 Þe shadewe [i.e. her reflection in a mirror] hire tacheð hwu hie mai hire seluen wenlukest makien. Ibid. 83 And swo warð iturnd þat folc of ateliche to wenliche. a 1250 Prov. ælfred 105 in O.E. Misc. 108 Þe mon þe on his youhþe yeorne leorneþ..may beon on elde wenliche lorþeu. |