Middle English Dictionary Entry
hōslī(e adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | hōslī(e adv. |
| Etymology | From hōs adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Hoarsely, huskily; (b) ?dully, indistinctly, faintly.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)114b/b : Of the voys: if þat he [the leper] speke hosely [L rauce].
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)68b/a : When his heued is smyten with a ȝerde, it sowneþ raucly, i. hosely [*Ch.(2): hosliche; L rauce].
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)159a/b : If þe heed be smyten with a liȝt drie rodde of wilowe and it sowne hosely, it is a tokene of brekynge of þe brayn panne.
- ?a1500 *Mondeville (Peterh 118)1.90b/a : Smytte þe bare Brayne panne wiþ þy tastor..& yf yt sowne horselie or dymlie, þe Brayne panne ys persed.