lilly
English
editNoun
editlilly (plural lillies)
See also
editScots
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom English liefly, from Middle English levely, levelike, lefliȝ, leofliche, from Old English lēoflīċe (“kindly, graciously, gladly, lovingly”), from lēoflīċ, from Proto-Germanic *leubalīka, from Proto-Germanic *leubalīkaz.
Adjective
editlilly (comparative mair lilly, superlative maist lilly)
References
edit- “lillie” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.