Middle English Dictionary Entry
glōriǒuslī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | glōriǒuslī adv. |
| Etymology | From glōriǒus . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) With great honor, with high praise, with glorification; receiven ~, to welcome (sb.) with great honors; (b) with the glory of heaven; crouned ~, having a celestial crown.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)p.182 : Synge we to our Lord, for he is gloriousliche heried.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.15.21 : Synge we to þe lord; forsoþ gloriously he is magnyfyed.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.14.23 : And it pleside to the peple for to resceyue the men gloriously [L gloriose].
- ?c1400(c1340) *Rolle Psalter (Sid 89)Cant.Mo.1.1 : Synge we to our lord, for gloriously he is wirschiped.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxxviii : Þei wolen sitt ful hiȝe in furst sittyngis at þe sopers & in first chaiers in churche & in chapellis & coueyten salutaciouns of kyngis, qwenis, & grete lordis seruyd gloriousely.
b
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)194 : Þe merite and þe meede which is to be ȝouun graciosely in thys world and gloriousely in þe world to come.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)330 : Now, blyssyd virgyne, wich in heuene aboue Art crownyd in blysse ful gloryously.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)130/10 : Meke subieccion shul be crouned gloriously.
2.
(a) In a glorious manner, illustriously; don ~, to do (sth.) gloriously, behave nobly (toward sb.); (b) artistically, beautifully, splendidly; loken ~, to have a splendid appearance.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 13.17 : Al the peple ioyede in al thingis that weren don gloriously of him.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.4931 : Lik a myhti kyng Al Perse he heeld vnder his obeissaunce, Be famous noblesse gloriousli shynyng.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)89 : For manye..kunnen bi textis and by narraciouns and parabolis and lijknessis preche ful gloriosely into plesaunce of the peple.
- a1450 3 KCol.(1) (Roy 18.A.10)5/20 : Balaam..riȝt gloriouslych prophecyed of þe Incarnacioun of oure lord Ihesu.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)90/20 : He wole do gloriosely to hem..in an oþir lijf aftir þis lijf.
b
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)20.15 : The glose gloryousliche was wryte wyth a gylt penne.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)60 : Euery gome of hym glad, so glorieusely he loketh Thorough þe peynt[ur]e of þe preynte þat in þe palme hongeth.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.clii : Þei [prelates] ben buried..in towmbes..gloriousely dyȝte.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)8252 : An hermet segh a sunne-beme & aungels comyng and going ay Gloriousely aftur that gleme.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)823 : Then came Good Besynesse..Gloryously beseene as he had come from heuyn.