Middle English Dictionary Entry
fullī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | fullī adv. Also fulleli(che, fulliche, fullike, volliche. Cpt. fullior. Sup. fulliest, fullokest. |
| Etymology | OE ful-līce. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
With verbs: (a) in full measure, abundantly, affluently; (b) fully, completely, entirely, utterly.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)119 : Ine him weren..alle þe uirtues wel uolliche [Vices & V.(2): plentyous-liche].
- (c1384) WBible(1) Prols.Rom.(NYPubLib 67)298 : Exsaumples of lyuynge fulliest [vr. fullokest] or most plenteuously.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.110/4 : All his pertinences..the which euer had þe forsaide church in the tyme..when hit had theme best and fulliest.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)52a : Fully: affatim, affluenter, copiose, etc.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)16302 : Wass Cristess lich I Sannte Marȝe wambe Fullike shapenn.
- a1250 Wooing Lord (Tit D.18)277 : Neh hefde i fulliche buhed til alle mine þre fan.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)34a : Ear he hefde his rancun fulleliche ipaiet.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)124 : Er he hefde al his raunsun fulliche ipaied.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1528 : Holde up þe riȝtes of holi churche þat heo fulliche naspille.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6262 : Nadde þis kniȝt folliche [vr. fulleche] is reson ysed.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)6997 : Gij went forþ fulleliche wiþalle: Was him þer no nedes to duelle.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)73 : Þe zaules þet..nere naȝt uolliche yclenzed.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Tob.8/19 : To bless thee more fulli [WB(2): fulliere; L plenius].
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2018 : Fully in his lady grace he stood.
- (1399) RParl.3.424a : Thes Renunciation and Cession ware pleinelich and frelich accepted and fullich agreed.
- (1439) EEWills119/18 : Fullyche to execute..this my present will.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)14 : Forto..þe fullier and parfiter kepe þe same lawe.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)381 : I in þe sacrament Of þe auter fully bileue.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)112 : How many tymes be ther in declynson' of verbe?..the tyme that is nowe, the tyme that is not fullych passed, the tyme that is fullych' passed [etc.].
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)66/24 : A good archideconry profered to hym..he fully refused.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)647/35 : The foreseyde benefices..to be turnyd fullych in-to her owne vses.
- (1469) Paston (Gairdner)5.19 : A Maryage ys fully concluded bytwyx Sir John Paston and my..kynneswoman.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)58/32 : I..fullich a-corde in all sentence with kyng dauid.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 2250)10488 : Þat is resoun..fayles fullely.
2.
(a) With adjs.: perfectly, entirely, fully, quite; (b) with adverbial expressions: fully, quite; nought fulli, not quite; (c) with adv.: very.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Creed (Lamb 487)73 : He nis noht fulliche cristene mon þet [etc.].
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)29/6 : Fulliche so holi man nas.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1015 : Nat fully quyk ne fully dede they were.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.85 : Cristis reule were fulli suffisant to alle men.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)21b : Þei beþ more white and nought fullich so longe.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.2036 : Nat fulli sobre, nor fulli in a rage.
- (?1449) Paston2.97 : I mak me evyre day fulli redi.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)92/14 : Myn herte may not verily reste, Ner be fully & all holy content, but it rest in þe.
b
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1687 : Ar hit beo fulliche eue.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7640 : Ar king willam adde ibe king volliche þre ȝer.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)13 : Nouȝt fully a furlong fro þat fayre child.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2576 : It nas nat of the day yet fully pryme.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1326 : Er thei fulliche at Rome were.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)488 : Þar he badd noght fullik an vre.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)154 : Fully in purpoos to come to dynere.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)28/35 : By twene an hundryth and a thowsande, so þat it be not a þowsande fully.
- (1450) Doc.in Power Craft Surg.321 : All personnes of the said Craft haue fully in opinion to obeye.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)26/16 : Fully fyffty thousand.
c
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)98 : Horn, þou art swiþe scene, And follyche swiþe kene.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?1482 Rev.Monk Eynsham348 : And so aftirward bi leyser and gret dylygens, lernyd and knewe an ordir of euery-thing synglerly, more opynner and fullyor than he knewe afore.
- ?1482 Rev.Monk Eynsham2183 : Let h[y]m rede the .iiii. boke of the Dyaloge of Seynt Gregory, and ther he schal see fullyur an example of thys thyng.
Note: Comparative form added to form section. Otherwise simply an additional quot. for sense 1.(b).