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.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, in Assman, Ags. Hom., 108. Heo wæs swiðe wlitiʓ & wenlices hiwes.

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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.

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a. 1250.  Prov. Ælfred, 105, in O. E. Misc., 108. Þe mon þe on his youhþe yeorne leorneþ … may beon on elde wenliche lorþeu.

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