Middle English Dictionary Entry
crabbedlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | crabbedlī adv. |
| Etymology | From crabbed . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Angrily, peevishly.
Associated quotations
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)3514 : A man also to Iulius Cesar ones Crabbidly seid, and schrewdly for þe nones..'Iulius..of thy birthe art þou noght wort a leek.'
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)317/319 : Þis money..Judas in a wreth has wauyd away, And keste vs crabbidly, þat cursed knave.