-endlic

Old English Etymology Combined form, created from ang -ende present participle ending -līċ -ly, like and from ang -end agent suffix, ultimately from the present participle -līċ -ly, like. Equivalent to en -andly in modern English. Pronunciation -endlīċ ang end.liːt͡ʃ 2 Suffix -endlīċ forms adjectives from verbs with the sense of “able to, capable of”; -able ang ācuman<t:to come forth> ācumendlīċ<t:possible><lit:able to arrive or come about> ang būgan<t:to bend> būgendlīċ<t:capable of bending, bendable, flexible> Descendants enm -endlic -endlice -andlic -endliȝ -andlike