Middle English Dictionary Entry
hā̆stī̆lī(e adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | hā̆stī̆lī(e adv. Also -leche, -loche, astili & hā̆stī̆lẹ̄. Comp. hā̆stī̆lar; sup. hā̆stī̆lī̆kest, -lekest. |
| Etymology | From hā̆stī(e adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Speedily, quickly, in a hurry; (b) suddenly; (c) within a short time, soon; presently; ~ sone, very soon.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7851 : He nolde noȝt abide..Ac wende him out..Vorto nime hastiliche seisine of is londe.
- c1330(?a1300) Rich.(Auch)116/27,50 : Ful hastili teleþ ȝour Inglisch hep..Awreke ous, sir, manliche Or we schal riȝt hastiliche Fle periil.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)111/2307 : Tel me hastilich and sket.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)36.2 : Hij shul drien hastilich [L velociter] as hay.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)90/500 : The ferthe is ouer hastily to ete or to drynk.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2146 : As hastyli as men miȝt hiȝe, his hest was wrouȝt.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3784 : He bad greithe his chaar ful hastily.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.1047 : Hastily [vr. hastilyche] he sente after Custaunce.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1833 : Ther nys no werkman what so euere he be That may bothe werke wel and hastily.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6896 : Ȝyve ȝoure almes hastylye, Nat for to make long delay.
- a1400 Cursor (Vsp A.3)987/153* : To petre & his deciples hastile tell ȝee Þat he is risen fro ded.
- c1400 PPl.C (Vsp B.16)22.471 : Hastilikest [Hnt: hastelokest; B vr. hastilekest].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8057 : Þei bood no more but arme hem hastily.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)5/114 : Festes him with none nayles, I rede, To ger him hastili be so dede.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.44.11 : And so thei diden doun hastili [L festinato] the sackis on erthe.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1989 : The beste red I can Is that we do the gayler..speke with us hastily.
- c1440 Bonav.Medit.(3) (Thrn)201 : He es led forthe of þe wykked Iewes towarde Ierusalem agayne þe hill hastyly.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)68b : Wheþer it is bettre to tarye þe bataile or hastily to falle on and fiȝte.
- c1450 Rich.(Add 31042)2975 : Full hastilyke [Brunner: To goo before hastelyke].
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)37/25 : Þilke silogismes be maad hastili and quycli, as þei ben oft made swiftli and quycli in men.
- (1464) Paston (Gairdner)4.106 : The Lord Skalys and he have a comyssyon to enquer whye they of this contre that were sent for kame not hastylar uppe afftyr they wer sent for.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)171/300 : And hastily in-to Troy they entred In.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)713 : Þe bestes wer dryue hem fro Ryȝt hastyly.
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)72/12 : From thens he wente hastyly yn-to englande.
b
- a1500 Craft Dying (Rwl C.894)407 : A ryȝtfull man þouȝe he be hasted or hastyly or sodenly dede, he schalbe had to a place of refresshynge.
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)136/35 : Thay..hadden ful wel I-spedde..yif þe kynge ne hadd so astyly I-sent & forboden that no man ne shold to ham come.
c
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)39.21 : Beren hij hastiloche [L confestim] her confusion.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.35 : Euery broþer and sister ssal ȝeuen a peny to a messe for þe soule, hastili songen.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1299 : I trowe certes that oure goode man Hath yow laboured sith the nyght bigan, That yow were nede to resten hastily.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1411 : I wol fonde tespien on my syde To whom I may be wedded hastily.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2122 : Ther nys namoore to seye, but hastily Som wonder by this clyket shal bityde, Which ye shul heren.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)253b/a : Whanne the spray of þe newe vyne is to soone take away eyþer to hastiliche kutte or in vndewe tyme.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1150 : Hou harde unhap þer hym hent and hastyly sone.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5344 : Þei schal ful hastily repent.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1318 : Criseyde is now agon, But what! she shal come hastiliche ayeyn.
- (1439) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.514 : I wold ratther..that he shuld haue tho CC marc payid to him withinne ye firste iiij yere of ye sale of ye same maner, or mor hastili yf it goodli may.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1457 : Als hastily as þai herd of in þe haly cite..For Alexander aȝe almast he euen deis.
- (1467) LRed Bk.Bristol1.19 : Hit schold be unto the seid Burgeises of Ludlowe grete hurte and grevaunce ȝif they schold kepe the seid xvme of Seint Michell for passyng over the See with sucche merchaundises as they have ordeined hastilye to be shipped atte the Poorte of the seid Towne of Bristowe.
- a1500 Burgh Cato(1) (RwlPoet 32)790 : Hastyly [Rwl C: than muste thou begge of othir hastly].
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)28/29 : Þerfor, that thou ne hast ydene troght some grete lette, hastyly be about to do.
2.
(a) Eagerly; readily, willingly [see also over ~]; (b) with undue haste, rashly; (c) violently; fiercely.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1514 : Into the groue ful hastily [vrr. hastyleche, lustily] he sterte.
- c1390 Cato(1) (Vrn)302 : Sum-while spend Mete and drink Hastiliche I rede.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.675 : Obedience is parfit whan that a man dooth gladly and hastily..al that he sholde do.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.996 : Þe letteris þat falsly were conspired..han hir put..For to ȝeven to hastily credence.
- c1450(?c1400) Wycl.Elucid.(StJ-C G.25)30 : Schulen clerkes haastily falle to him?
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2531 : Youre olde and wise conseillours seiden that yow ne oghte nat sodeynly ne hastily proceden in this nede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2957 : For bet it is be-tymes to abstene..Þan of hede hastily assente To þing for whiche we schal..repente.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3289 : I was nothyng thi counseler Whanne thou were maad the omager Of God of Love to hastily; Ther was no wisdom, but foly.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)184 : I durst not hastyly assente hym to..Tyl I had a whyle weel auysyd me.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)26 : With oute avys ye speke to me hastiliche and niceliche.
c
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)2392 : Þer he defended him asperliche; Þe Almaunis him asayl hastiliche.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)229 : Hastyly, smertly: Impetuose, precipitanter.