Middle English Dictionary Entry
inlī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | inlī adj. Also inliche. |
| Etymology | OE inlīc |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Heartfelt, intense; (b) great, strong; (c) inward, interior, spiritual.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Crist made to man (Htrn 512)37 : So Inliche loue was neuere noon.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.798 : Havinge in hert inly gret desire To spoilen hym of his armvure anoon.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)2397 : His inly sorov his face did fade, So grete sorov for hir he made.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)171/27 : Þe vij spanne..in contricyoun is Inly-hede; þat is inly sorwe for þi synne in þe herte.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3237 : She..maked hem good chere, Havynge of konnynge inly suffisaunce Boþe of chere and of dalyaunce.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)203/38 : Thys erle..atte [read: alle] the moste Inly streynthes..and tounes of leys..he braunt and destruyet.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)204/30 : This Erle..rode Thomon xl dayes, the wyche is the moste Inly Streynth of Iryssh of al the land, and hit brante and many men therin Slayne.
c
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)148/2 : It schal be goostly fode & inly strengþe, as wel to þi body as to þi soule.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.72.50b : Þese fleschli likynges maken a man wel bestli and fer fro inli sauour of þe lufe of God.