In the manner or direction of a baldric; diagonally across the body from shoulder to hip.
Formed by adding the Old English suffix '-wise' (meaning 'in the manner of') to 'baldric,' creating an adverbial form for describing how something is worn or positioned.
The '-wise' suffix is ancient English productivity magic—we still use it today in words like 'clockwise' and 'lengthwise,' and this shows how medieval writers were spinning new adverbs to describe motion!
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