sovereyn

From Old French soverain, from Vulgar Latin *superānus.

To a large extent; totally, greatly, absolutely.


sovereynly

English: sovereignly (archaic)

very, greatly (acting as an intensifier)

(rare) exceptionally (to the highest standard or magnitude).

(rare) totally, completely (without exception)


secounde

Alternative form of secunde (“after the first”)


secundarili

English: secondarily

Secondly; having the second place or for the second time.

(rare) Secondarily; with lesser importance or power.


sevenyght

English: sennight


duely

English: duly

Scots: dewly, deuly


bezst

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of beste


sevenefold

English: sevenfold

Scots: sevinfald (obsolete)

From Old English seofonfeald; equivalent to seven + -fold.


seofenfeald

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of sevenefold


moderly

English: motherly

From Old English mōdorlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz; equivalent to moder + -ly. The adverb was derived from the adjective in the Middle English period.

In a motherly way; in a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a mother.


laweliche

From Old English lahlīċe; influenced by and equivalent to lawe + -ly.


viciousnesse

English: viciousness

A tendency or proclivity towards evil or sin.


medliche

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of madli


frendly

English: friendly (archaic)

From Old English frēondliċe; equivalent to frend + -ly (adverbial suffix).


freondliche

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of frendly


hosely

English: hoarsely

Scots: hairsely

In an unclear-sounding or hard to detect way.


sleighly

English: slyly, slily

Scots: sleely, sleelie

Judiciously, consideredly, shrewdly; in a wise way.

He wolde nat abyde uppon no poure man for no maner of thyng—and ever he slow slyly and slypped to another, tylle all were slayne to the numbir of a hondred thousand

1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:

He wouldn't wait for any poor man for anything; and he always slayed (his enemies) skillfully then quietly moved on to the next one, until all 100,000 of them had been killed.

Adeptly, expertly, in an expert or skilled way.

Attentively; with care, attention or discernment.

Slyly, artfully; intelligently and using deception.

Without being noticed or detected; covertly.


sleightely

English: sleightly (obsolete)

Slyly, cleverly; intelligently and using deception.


doughtyly

English: doughtily

Bravely, fearlessly, doughtily, valiantly.

With great skill, interest, or investment; to a great degree.


ȝurstendæi

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of yesterday


erly

English: early

Yola: arich (noun)

From Old English ǣrlīċe, ārlīċe; equivalent to ere + -ly (adverbial suffix).


febly

English: feebly

Sadly, sorrowfully; in an upset or unhappy way.

(rare) Infirmly or weakly; in a way lacking physical strength.

(rare) Nervously; in a way lacking willpower or bravery.

(rare) Faintly or poorly; in a way lacking power or quality.


nearew

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of narwe


narowly

English: narrowly

Within a narrow area; not allowing for much space.

Strictly, restrictively; without much laxness.


neruhliche

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of narowly


feolahliche

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of felawely


wherethorow

in hys harte he feryd sore that Sir Trystram sholde get hym such worship in the realme of Logrys wherethorow hymselff shuld nat be able to withstonde hym.

1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xxxviij”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book IX, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:


uttir

From Old English ūtor, comparative of ūt (“out”).

So whan he com nyghe to hir, she bade hym ryde uttir—‘for thou smellyst all of the kychyn.’

1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum v”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:


specialli

English: specially

Scots: specialy, specially

And specially from every shires ende / Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,

c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 15–16:

And specially from every shire's end / Of England they to Canterbury went,

And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.

1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:


ȝwan

(Southwestern) Alternative form of whenne


ȝwan

(Southwestern) Alternative form of whanne


whon

English: whon

Scots: quheyn, wheen

From Old English hwōn (adjective, adverb).


whone

(southern West Midlands) Alternative form of whenne


heighe

head

heighe (comparative heigher, superlative heighest)

heigher (comparative)
heighest (superlative)

English: high

Scots: heich


heyghe

heyghe (comparative heygher, superlative heyghest)

heygher (comparative)
heyghest (superlative)


wynly

English: winly (obsolete)

Inherited from Old English wynlīċe; equivalent to wynne (“happiness”) + -ly (adverbial suffix).

af

(rare, Late Middle English) easily (with ease)


wunliche

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of wynly (adverb)


nawiht

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of nought


herwith

From Old English herwiþ, equivalent to her + with and sometimes spelled that way.


aslepe

English: asleep

Yola: aslepe


afeld

English: afield

Scots: afiel'

Yola: aveel

From Old English on felde (“afield”, literally “in (the) field”), equivalent to a- (“on”) + feld.


cantly

From cant (“bold, brave”) + -ly (adverbial).


wherwith

wherewith; by which, with which, through which

Now wherwith ſhuld he pay his payëmet, / If he ne uſed his ſely inſtrument

1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio xxxvii, verso, column 2:

Now how should he make his payment / Unless he uses his silly instrument?


faderly

English: fatherly

From Old English fæderlīċ (“fatherly, paternal”), from Proto-Germanic *fadurlīkaz (“fatherly, paternal”); equivalent to fader + -ly.


dampnablely

English: damnably

a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Parson's Tale, section 38 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales/The_Parson%27s_Prologue_and_Tale
I kan nat seye but that they doon cursedly and dampnably agayns Crist and al the feith of hooly chirche.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


alowe

English: alow

Scots: alow, aloah

Yola: aloghe

low or lower down, below; downward (of position or direction)


medefully

The light is charite, and the mesuring of this light is don to us profitably by the wisdam of God. For neyther the light is so large that we may seen our blisfull day, ne it is sperid fro us, but it is suich a light in which we may liven medefully with travel deservand the endless worship of God.

1373, Julian (of Norwich), chapter LXXXIV, in The Shewings of Julian of Norwich, lines 3365–3368:

This light is love, and the distribution of this light is beneficially done though the wisdom of God. Because the light is neither so great that we can see our blessed day or concealed from us, it's a light that lets us live commendably through deeds deserving of God's endless glory.

But it is seide comounly þat þre þingis ben hard to men, to scorne men medefully, or medeful plete wiþ men, or ellis to fiȝt wiþ man, bi þe weye of charitie.

c. 1400, John Wycliffe, “Sermon XLI”, in Thomas Arnold, editor, Select English Works of John Wyclif, volume I, published 1869, page 114:

But it's commonly said that three things are hard for people: shaming people appropriately, pleading with people effectively, and warring with people in a loving way.


twies

English: twice


wherto

English: whereto

Yola: farthoo, fartoo


wher

desc

English: where, quhair, quhar, quher, quhere (all obsolete)

Scots: whaur

From Old English hwǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār.


hunfold

From Old English hundfeald; equivalent to hund (“hundred”) + -fold.


actualy

English: actually

Scots: ackwally, akwelly, ac'ually, actwally, actiwally


actyvely

English: actively


lykewyse

English: likewise

Yola: lickweese

From phrase in lik wise, equivalent to lik + -wise.


nexte

From Old English nīehst, from Proto-West Germanic **nāhwist(ō), from Proto-Germanic *nēhwist.


deyntely

English: daintily


ydelly

English: idly

From Old English īdellīċe; equivalent to ydel + -ly (adverbial).


unhonestly

English: unhonestly

From unhoneste (“dishonourable”) + -ly (adverbial suffix) or un- + honestly.


benignely

English: benignly

Scots: beningly (obsolete)


therto

English: thereto


biside

From Old English bī sīdan, equivalent to bi- + side.


heþenn

(Ormulum) Alternative form of hethen (“away”)


choisly

English: choicely

/ˈt͡ʃɔːsliː/

choicely (in a preferable or excellent manner)


dreghly

English: dreely

Scots: dreichly


quykly

English: quickly

Scots: quickly

From Old English cwiculīċe; equivalent to quik + -ly (adverbial suffix).


cwickliche

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of quykly


fermely

English: firmly

From ferme (“firm”) + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Without doubt; definitively, steadfastly.


fersly

English: fiercely

From fers (“fierce”) + -ly (adverbial suffix).


knyghtly

English: knightly

Formed anew from knyght + -ly (adjectival suffix); compare Old English cnihtlīċ (“boyish”).


thries

English: thrice

Yola: dhreise


ðrywa

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of thrie


twiȝe

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of twie


ænes

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of enes


nyghtly

English: nightly

Scots: nichtly

From Old English nihtlīċ. Equivalent to nyght + -ly (adjectival suffix); the adverb is from the adjective.


gastliche

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of gostly (adverb)


gastliȝ

(Ormulum) Alternative form of gostly (adverb)


gasteli

(Northern) Alternative form of gostly (adverb)


threfold

English: threefold

From Old English þrīfeald; equivalent to and often remodelled after thre + -fold.


dredles

⇒ English: dreadlessly


dredfully

English: dreadfully


dredfulnesse

English: dreadfulness


alredy

English: already

desc

Scots: a'ready, aaready, awready, alreidy, alriddy


a-strout

English: astrut


straungely

English: strangely

In a strange or unexpected way; strangely, surprisingly.

In an unattached way; aloofly, with enmity.


ther-oute

English: thereout

‘Voydeth your man, and lat him be ther-oute,
And shet the dore, whyls we been aboute
Our privetee, that no man us espye

late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1136-1139

‘Send away your man, and have him be outside,
And shut the door, while we are about
Our secret business, so that no man espy us
While we work in this science.’

Whyls that we werke in this philosophye.’


adoun

From Old English adūn, earlier ofdūne (“down”), from of dūne (“off the hill”); Equivalent to a- + doun.


curteisly

English: courteously

In a way showing due deference; respectfully, humbly.


buxumly

English: buxomly

þat it apertly was apayed · foꝛ pꝛofite þat he feld / ⁊ buxumly by þe beſtes wille · in wiſe as it couþe

c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 4, recto, lines 1-2; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 6:

It was unquestioningly obeyed, as he felt benefit, so [he] was compliantly [moulded] by the animal's will through whatever means it had.


buhsumliche

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of buxumly


certeynly

English: certainly

From certeyn + -ly (adverbial suffix); probably a calque of Old French certainement.

Without approximation; perfectly, precisely.

An emphatic affirmative answer; certainly, of course.


coursly

English: coarsely

According to its nature; naturally, logically.


cristenly

English: christenly


deynously

And with that worde on me she gave a glome / With browes bente and gan on me to stare / Full daynnously, and fro me she dyde fare, / Levynge me stondynge as a mased man [...].

(Late Middle English, rare) disdainfully


deyntevously

From deyntevous + -ly (adverbial suffix).

(rare) finely, richly (especially of eating)


derkly

English: darkly

From derk + -ly (adverbial suffix); compare Old English deorclīċe.

(rare) Incomprehensibly; with difficulty.


grely

From gre (“step”) + -ly (adverbial suffix).


ardauntly

English: ardently


avysily

Over alle thinges ye schal do youre diligence to kepe youre persone, and to warmstore youre house; and seyden also, that in this yow aughte for to wirche ful avysily and with gret deliberacioun.

1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of Chaucer”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:


goodely

Thenne he sente for the thre knyghtes & they came afore hym / and he cryed hem mercy of that he had done to them / and they forgaf hit hym goodely and he dyed anone / Whanne the kynge was dede / alle the cyte was desmayed and wyst not who myghte be her kynge

1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:

goodly: in a goodly way; courteously, graciously


thorugh oute

Syr she said here came a knyght rydyng as my lord and I rested vs here / and asked hym of whens he was / and my lord said of Arthurs courte / therfore said the stronge knyght I wille Iuste with the / for I hate alle these that ben of Arthurs Courte / And my lord that lyeth here dede amounted vpon his hors / and the stronge knyght and my lord encountred to gyder / and there he smote my lord thorugh oute with his spere

1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:

completely through, right the way through


knyghtely

Syr said Palomydes ye shalle haue myn aduyse to be ageynst Kynge Arthur as to morne for on his party wille be syre Launcelot and many good knyghtes of his blood with hym / And the moo men of worship that they be / the more worship we shalle we wynne / That is full knyghtely spoken said sir Tristram / and ryght soo as ye counceile me / soo wille we doo

1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxviij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:


thousendfold

English: thousandfold

Inherited from Old English þūsendfeald; equivalent to thousand + -fold.


þusend fald

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of thousendfold


menskly

From menske (“honour”) + -ly (adverbial suffix).

af

Nobly, respectfully; with honour, grace, or respect.


menskfully

From menskful (“honourable”) + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Nobly, honourably; with honour, dignity, or respect.

With grace, courteousness or care; magnificently.


arounde

English: around

Scots: aroon, aroun, arown, aroond

Yola: arent, a rent

a- + round；Displaced earlier umbe, embe (“around”).


gretly

English: greatly

Yola: greatly


goderhele

Probably from an unrecorded Old English *gōdre hǣlu, calquing Old Norse góðu heilli (“fortunately”), thus equivalent to good + -er + hele (“health”). The last element is often replaced with its synonym heil in Northern Middle English.


godderhail

(Northern) Alternative form of goderhele


semly

English: seemly

Either borrowed from or a calque of Old Norse sœmiligr (“seemly”); equivalent to semen (“to seem”) + -ly (adjectival suffix).

Attractively, beautifully; in a aesthetically appealing way.

Adeptly, suitably, right; in the right or best way.

Gracefully, becomingly; in a nice or courteous way.

Nobly, reverently, respectfully; in a noble way.


stedefastly

English: steadfastly

Scots: steadfastly

From stedefast + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Steadfastly, firmly, convincedly; without doubt.

Steadily, firmly; in a firm or steady way.

(of directives) Rigorously, exactly; without deviation.

Uninterruptedly, eternally; without halt.

(rare) Unmovingly, stationarily; in a still way.

(rare) Totally, fully; without exception.


stedefæstliche

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of stedefastly


studevastliche

(Southern, Early Middle English) Alternative form of stedefastly


stedefast

English: steadfast

Middle Scots: stedfast

Inherited from Old English stedefæst, from Proto-West Germanic *stadifast, from Proto-Germanic *stadifastaz; equivalent to stede (“place”) + -fast.

Strongly, firmly; in a strong or steady way.


affrayedly

English: afraidly

Thyꝛwall þ[at] was þ[air] capitain / Wes þ[air] in þe baꝛgain slain / ⁊ off his men þe maſt p[ar]ty / Ϸe laue fled full affrayitly

c. 1375, “Book VI”, in Iohne Barbour, De geſtis bellis et uirtutibus domini Roberti de Brwyß […] (The Brus, Advocates MS. 19.2.2), Ouchtirmunſye: Iohannes Ramſay, published 1489, folio 21, recto, lines 431-434; republished at Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, c. 2010:

Thirlwall, who was their commander / was killed there in the struggle / with the greatest part of his men; / the rest fled very frightened.

And blewe hornes and trompettes moche affrayedly

1481, William, Archbishop of Tyre, William Caxton, transl., “How our hoost departed on theyr iourney / & how som departed fro theyr felawship / and how solyman determyned tassayle them”, in Mary Noyes Colvin, editor, Godeffroy of Boloyne, or The Siege and Conqueste of Jerusalem, by William, Archbishop of Tyre. […] Printed […] in 1481. Edited from the Copy in the British Museum, […]., London: […] for the Early English Text Society by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., […], published 1893, page 108:

And blew horns and trumpets very fearfully.

(rare) In an afraid or frightened way; fearfully.


luveliche

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of lovely (adverb)


lovelyly

English: lovelily

From lovely (adjective) + -ly (adverbial suffix).

(uncommon) Nicely, lovelily, pleasantly (in a lovely way)


feala

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of fele (“many”)


verraily

English: verily

Yola: verilie


yester morow

English: yester-morrow

Yester morow as I cam rennyng by his borugh at Maleperdhuys he stode byfore his dore without lyke a pylgryme.

1481, “How the kynge helde his feeste, and how Lapreel the cony complayned vnto the kynge vpon reynart the foxe”, in Thystorye of Reynard the Foxe, William Caxton; reprinted as The History of Reynard the Fox, from the Edition Printed by Caxton in 1481. […] (Percy Society: Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages. Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications.; volume XII), London: Reprinted for the Percy Society, by T. Richards, 1844, page 72:


furtyvely

English: furtively

From *furtyve + -ly, from Middle French furtif, from Latin fūrtīvus.

And more, there is the Region of thire, wherfrom we haue wythdrawen and brought furtyuely ałł this people that we haue[…]Certes, quene, I answere not, but that thou haste deserued of me moche more of goodes than I can nombre, or by som wyse thynke ne telle; and so shałł I remembre elysse as longe as lyffe shałł presumed to abyde wythin me / and by cause that thou hast spoken first, I wyłł tełłe & shewe vnto the that I wold not haue departed furtyuely out of thy land, vnknowen to the, but sholde haue sygnyfied it vnto the[…]She taketh from them the puyssaunce that they hadde fyrste, and hath awaye fro theym furtyuely, by proces of tyme, ałł theyr strengthes, one after another, by cause noon shalle be aware of her, for doubte that she be not deceyued.

1490, William Caxton, transl., edited by M[athew] T[ewart] Culley and F[rederick] J[ames] Furnivall, Caxton’s Eneydos, 1490, Englisht from the French Liure des Eneydes, 1483, London: Published for the Early English Text Society by N. Trübner & Co., […] , published 1890, pages 45, 69, and 110:


somwhether

English: somewhither

The syghte is made by lynes that passyth not awaye forth ryght, but blenchyth somwhether asyde of the strayte waye.

1398, Bartholomeus Anglicus, De Proprietatibus Rerum, III. xvii. (W. de W.) 61; quoted in “Somewhither (sɒ·mhwiðəɹ), adv.”, in James A[ugustus] H[enry] Murray [et al.], editors, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes IX, Part 1 (Si–St), London: Clarendon Press, 1884–1928, →OCLC, page 418, column 2:


rathere

English: rather

Scots: rather

Yola: rether

From Old English hraþor, comparative of hræþe.

comparative degree of rathe; more quickly, earlier

rather (more precisely, more accurately, more)


cordyally

Now ſyn al this proceſſe principally and ſoueraynly enforſeth hym ſelf tenduce euery creature to haue an aſſured mynde and an hole Remembraũce of theſe four laſt thinges / and that they may cordyally be enprinted with in your hertes.[…]My right dere brother & frende drede this daye and dowte cordyally the ſaide Iuge and lord that ſhal deme alle thingis / to thentent that thou mayſt the more diligently eſchewe alle ſynnes.[…]And wheñe ony falle to ſynne / it is by cauſe they haue not the ſaide four thingis cordially enprinted in their myndes.[…]O our redemptour almighty and merciful Iheſu / graunte vs ſo thy grace / that we may yet ſurely pourueye for our laſt thingis / & ſo cordyally frequente the remembraunce of thy godhede that it cauſe vs here after to repelle & reuoque our ſynnes / reſiſte our gooſtly enemy / & conforme vs in alle good werkes vnto thy bliſſed wil / to thobteigning finally with the happy ſainctes of thyñ eternale glorie.

1479, Cord’yal, Westminster: William Caxton:


westene

Alternative form of westen (“westwards”)


hevenely

English: heavenly

Inherited from Old English heofonlīċ; equivalent to hevene + -ly (adjectival suffix). The adverb is from the adjective; compare Old English heofonlīċe.

In a godly, sacred, or otherworldly way.

(figuratively) In an incredibly beautiful or pleasant way.


richely

English: richly

Scots: richly

Inherited from Old English rīċlīċe, from Proto-West Germanic *rīkīlīkō, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijalīkô; equivalent to and often remodelled after riche (“rich”) + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Marvelously; in an attractive or majestic way:

With ceremony, rigour, and ritual; reverentially.

Luxuriously; in an extravagant or lavish way.

Copiously, profusely; in an abundant way.

(referring to marriage) Advantageously, to be wealthy.


whiderward

English: whitherward

And he salueth hyr / with glad entente
And aſked of hyr / whiderward she wente

1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Ffrankeleẏns Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 163, verso:

And he saluted her with good intentions and asked her whither she was going


volliche

(Kent, Southern) Alternative form of fully


fulsomly

English: fulsomely

From fulsom (“abundant”) + -ly (adverbial suffix).


synneles

Inherited from Old English synlēas; equivalent and often remodelled after synne + -les.


þuss

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of þus


ðus

(Early Middle English) Alternative spelling of þus


acros

English: across

Scots: acroass

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman an croiz, with ME variants on ~.


ther aboute

Now mayſter (ꝙ the wyfe) er that I go / What wol ye dyne? I wol go ther aboute.

1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Sompners Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio xlvi, recto:

"Now master," (quod the wife), "ere that I go, / What will ye dine? I will go thereabout."


wylere

[B]y god ye be to blame / Helpeth me nowe, as I dyd you wylere

1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of the Chanons Yeman”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio lxvii, recto, column 2:

[B]y God, you are to blame; / Help me now, as I did you a while ago.

whilere: a while ago; a time before; formerly, previously


well nyght

Sir ſayde Strayned Abſtinaunce / We for to drye our penaunce / With hertis pytous deuoute / Are cõmen, as pylgrimes gon aboute / Well nyght on fote alway we go / Ful doughty ben our heeles two […]

c. 1360s (date written), Geffray Chaucer [i.e., Geoffrey Chaucer], “The Romaunt of the Rose”, in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London: […] Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], published 1542, →OCLC, folio clxv, verso, column 1:

Sir, said Strained Abstinence, / We, to dry our penance / With hearts piteous [and] devout / Are coming, as pilgrims gone about; / Well nigh on foot always we go, / Full doughty are our heels two […]


withouteforth

English: withoutforth

late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 10, line 172

‘And within the hearts of folk shall be the biting conscience, and outside shall be the world all burning.’

‘And with-inne the hertes of folk shal be the bytinge conscience, and with-oute-forth shal be the world al brenninge.’


lyfly

Wel couthe he peynten lyfly that it wroghte, [...]

late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2087

He who made it well knew how to paint in a life-like manner, …


fessely

1486, Boke of Seynt Albans (Book of Saint Albans)

and so the iiij. quadrat Royall is to bere a beest Raunpande: bebaly. lentally. and fessely.


by proces

By proces, as ye knowen everichoon,
Men may so longe graven in a stoon,
Til som figure therinne emprented be.

1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Frankeleyns Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:


allswa

Middle Scots: alswa, alswa

Scots: alsae

From alswo, from Old English eallswā, from Proto-West Germanic *allswā.


aroume

Yola: arum


jolily

14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer (translator), The Romaunt of the Rose, lines 2245-2249,
ffor pride is founde, in every part,
Contrarie unto loves Art.
And he that loveth, trewly
Shulde hym contene iolily,
Without pride in sondry wise,
And hym disgysen in queyntise.


gelice

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of yliche


abandoun

His ribbes and scholder fel adoun / Men might se the liver abandoun.

His ribs and shoulder fell down / Men might see the liver entirely.


a-high

English: ahigh

Yola: a heighe


everydel

From everich /every + del (“a part, thing”).

'[...] Ne make werre upon me, night nor day,
 But been my freendes in al that ye may,
 I yow foryeve this trespas everydel'

1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, lines 1823-1825:


latly

English: lately

Yola: laately

late + -ly. Compare Old English lætlīċe (“slowly, tardily”).


peraventure

English: peradventure


par auenture

par aventure
par aventure#Middle_English


briaunt

From Old French bruiant (“noisy”), present participle of Old French bruir (“to burn”).


wurse

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of worse


wrst

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of worst


a gate

English: agate


alsone

Fingallian: alsoon

As soon as possible, immediately, at once.


bityme

English: betimes

Fingallian: betimes


therdoune

English: theredown


awkewarde

Than groned the knyght for his grymme woundis, and gyrdis to Sir Gawayne and awkewarde hym strykes, and […] kut thorow a vayne[…].

1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum X”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC: