hagherlych

adv.

Cl haʒerly

'fittingly, properly' (Modern English )

Etymology

Formed within English on haʒer (adj.), retaining the ON nominal ending -r; cp. OIcel hagliga (adv.) 'skilfully, handily’, borrowed directly into ME as haʒheliʒhaʒhelīke in Orrm (Bj. 17, MED s.v. haʒhelīke) .

PGmc Ancestor

*xag-az

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

hagr (adj.) ‘handy, skilful’; cp. hagliga (adv.) 'skilfully, handily’
(ONP hagr (2) (adj.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far hagur, Icel hagur, Norw hag, ODan hag, OSw hagher

OE Cognate

hæg-(hāl) (adj.) 'healthy'

Phonological and morphological markers

<p>ON nominal <em>-r</em></p>

[absence of palatalization of */ɡ/] (possibly diagnostic)

Summary category

A2*c

Attestation

The adv. is only otherwise attested in Orrm (MED, OED); see further haʒer (adj.).

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Cl 18, 1707

Bibliography

MED hagherlīch (adv.) , OED hagher (adj.) , HTOED , Bj. 17