Earg-lic

According to the Old English Dictionary:

earg-lic

adj. Cowardly, craven, timid:--Ne gewurðe hit ná on lífe ꝥ wé álecgan úre wuldor mid earhlicum fleáme, Hml. S. 25, 661. Ful earhlice laga (laws that only cowards would submit to) and scandlice nýdgyld ús synt gemǽne, Wlfst. 162, 10. Cwæð hé earhlicon wordum he said with timid words, Hml. S. 23, 580. earg-lic