Middle English Dictionary Entry
arghlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | arghlī adv. Also arwely, arewelich. |
| Etymology | OE earhlīce |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Timidly, cowardly; (b) disgracefully, wickedly; (c) slowly, with difficulty.
Associated quotations
a
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1831 : Antenor arghly auntrid of ship And wentto þat worthy, his wille for to shew.
b
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)654 : Quarels flambande of fur flowen out harde, & arwes arwely [vrr. vn-arwely, hastely, smertelye] with attyr enuenymyd.
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)16/23 : Thay wer full sor ashamet that thay so argly [Rwl: fently] put ham to f[l]ight.
c
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)151/30 : Þat is hou arewelich [L difficile] he ariseþ þat vnder wone of synne liþ so longe.