a. Obs. [OE. wénlic, f. WEEN sb. + -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 wlitiʓ & 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.