Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēvǒutlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | dēvǒutlī adv. Also devouteli, devout(e)liche, deivoutli & devotli, devoteliche. |
| Etymology | From dēvǒut . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Faithfully, reverently, solemnly, devoutly, fervently; virtuously.
Associated quotations
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)215/10 : To bidde god deuouteliche and him herie.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2976 : A masse to singe..deliuerli he it dede, deuouteliche & faire.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.482 : A clerk That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche; His parisshens deuoutly wolde he teche.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.15 : Yat yis fraternite shal..yer offeren here Candel deuouteliche.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.22 : We shul preyen deuoutely for ye state of holy chirche.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)41/18 : & heren deuoutelich þilke masse.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2490 : He that hath werre shal euere moore deuoutly and mekely preyen biforn alle thynges.
- (1417) Proc.Privy C.2.236 : Thankyng devoutly & continuely God.
- a1425 This blessyd boke (LdMisc 286)15 : Mych vertu he may him wynne that seys thes psalmes deuoutlye.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)130/30 : This kyng seyth euery day deuoutly ccc preyeres to his god.
- (1443) Reg.Spofford in Cant.Yk.S.23253 : To go openly and devoutly procession divers daies in the weke.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)403 : Þat..we more feruently and deuoutli schulen be turned to þee.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)2233 : Upward to heuyne deuouthly lokyd sche.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)119/14 : All maner of people thonkhed God deuoutely of theyr delyueraunce.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)160 : What man in clene lif deuoutely wil uisite þis place, he schal neuyr com in þe peynes of purgatorie.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)28/5 : To singe his ympnis with mery notes..is plesauns to God..specialy whan þei be songe deuoutly.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)19740 : That I sholde..deuoutly Salue..The blyssede quen off paradys.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)362/195 : Saynge my dirige devouthly and sad.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)489/36 : That the fest of seynt Margarete myght..the more devoutly be halowed.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)8150 : The Romaynes that tyme..in lentoun leueden deuoutely..to receyue God worthelye.
- a1500 Doct.Galen (Hrl 78)39 : To go to þe chirche, þer deuowtely to here hir masse.
- c1525 Rule & T.St.Francis(2) (Fst D.4)76 : They shalle laboure faythfully as too ther nayboure..and deuowtely as to God.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)59/288 : Sacryfice I shall doe..to thee devoutlye.
2.
(a) Respectfully, reverently; with devotion or dedication; (b) intently, carefully; maken avoue ~, to swear an oath solemnly.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1245 : To þe duk deuoteliche he seide [etc.].
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)7/226 : Ful deuoutliche þei hit bare, And buried hit.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)814 : His two dere doȝterez devoutly hem haylsed.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)76/1 : Þe prince schal it [Christian faith] deuouteli leerne, kepe and defende.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)48/34 : Ful deuoutly y requerd hym, þat he wolde shewe me þe secretez wretyn yn þat oracle.
- a1509(?1468) Marriage in Archaeol.31 (Add 46354)327 : The saide Princesse went..devoutlye towards her marriage.
b
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Deut.11.19 : Teche ȝe ȝoure sones, that hem thei deuowtli thenken [L meditentur].
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)296 : I sall make myn avowe deuotly to Criste..Of this grett velany I sall be vengede.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)11/31 : Hit is to be considered deuovtely, how moche cleere brightnes of goddis mercyfulle pite hathe syngulerly Illumined & iradied þe peple of Ynglond.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)112/29 : If þou wille vndertake bataill, ordeyne þe house of þe mone and þe myddes of þe heuen, & Mercury byholdant deuoutly & debonerly [etc.].
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)461/20 : The kinges iij..to gydyn..A ster aperyd..So lyght by lyght deyvowtly sekyn they.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 Aryse erly (Brog 2.1)59/2 : Aryse erlly, And serve God dewoutly, Go by þe way sadly, Ansswer þe peppull demurly.
Note: New spelling: Also..dewoutli.
Note: Belongs to sense 1.--per MLL