Middle English Dictionary Entry
inlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | inlī adv. Also inlich(e, inlicke, inlice, innli(ce, inlẹ̄, indli, (error) july. |
| Etymology | OE inlīce |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) With great feeling, earnestly, bitterly; (b) heartily, cordially; (c) wholly, completely, altogether.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1412 : Þe pope swiþe deolfulliche and wel Inliche bigan to siche.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(LdMisc 108)577 : Ore louerdes flechs..was him i-brouȝht, he sat and bi-heold it..and þo spak he wel inliche.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)1264 : Þe Lombardes him loued inliche; He was large, curteys, & fre.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)4290 : He hated Gij wel inliche [Cai: inwardly]; For þe maiden he hadde Gij in hete.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.753 : His knyȝtly hert so inly was to-torn Of mortal Ire.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)9804 : Now haue thei taken the feld bothe, Ful Irrous & Inly wrothe.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1216 : Sche..Was inly glad that sche hath wonne The felaschip of so good on.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.208 : Whan he hath it overrad In part, he was riht inly glad And ek in part he was desesed.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.430 : For þe I am so inly glad and feyn And supprised with myrth þoruȝ myn herte.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.640 : No man may ben inly glad, I trowe, That nevere was in sorwe or some destresse.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)190/5668 : For most ynly myn hert..doth desire To serven yow ay, beyng in yowre sight Withouten part of othir wage or hire.
c
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)884 : That other called was ymeyne, Of her beaute Inly souereyn.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)2.410 : Sithen..This holy Bernarde..So dredefull was..That was of lyfe, so Inly vertuouse, How dar I thanne..take on me this perfyte high empryse?
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.3787 : The cleernesse off hir daies glade..was so ouerlade, Off verrai angwissh, that she hirselff dede hate, So inli contrari disposid was hir fate.
- a1475 Heart & Eye(3) (Lngl 258)54 : It was to me a thing yet vncertayne To knowe of theim whiche was the souerayne, Thair behauyng so Inly notable.
- c1475 St.Anne(2) (Trin-C R.3.21)590 : Hyr worthiest most precious Parfyte feyre speche, inly delectable.
2.
(a) Very, greatly, extremely; (b) very much; (c) carefully, closely.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *York MGame [OD col.] (Dgb 182)xv : In alle manere wise alauntes beeth inly fell and euyl vndrestondynge.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.166 : He was but ȝonge and sklender, Of age also inly grene and tender.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1606 : The sonne..Saugh nevere yet my lif..So inly fair and goodly as is she.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.2724 : Ther statut was so inli rigerous, Thei took ther sort as it cam a-boute.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)5.515 : He turnede water in to wyne That..was..of tarage inly gode and fyne.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)55/1607 : Hit shalle be when the plesaunt lemys shyne Of yowre most fresshe and ynly gret bewte In at the wyndowes of my derkid eyene.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)153/4558 : Ther is no draught so inly good trewly.
- a1456(?1417) Lydg.DTChaucer (Add 16165)36 : His moost ioye is innly gret repayre Of gentilmen of heghe and lowe estate.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)867 : She was inlich gentil, kynde, & amyabill.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1001/28 : They helde their journey everych inlycke harde tyll hit was nyghe nyght.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)3096 : The kyng..was in his tent, And yndly wroth that no man cowde hym plese.
- a1500(a1450) Parton.(1) (Add 35288)5111 : I moste haue ij pottys of wyne; Hyt moste be goode and Inle ffyne.
- a1500(a1450) Parton.(1) (Add 35288)10361 : He with þe white shelde Dothe Inly wele amonge all þe felde.
- a1500 Lydg.LOL (Adv 19.3.1)p.92 : The fyrst he calleth the streme of sapience, Of whyche the flod most july [read: jnly] is habownd.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2537 : Ful of sorwe & wo, Inly supprisid of hertly compleynyng, Oon of þe sonys of Priamus..I was.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)397 : The tyme, that hath al in welde To elden folk, had maad hir elde So ynly [F durement] that, to my witing, She myghte helpe hirsilf nothing.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Gloriosa (Trin-C R.3.20)73 : Þy blessed cytee was hyeghly glorefyed..And of þe lord moost Inly sanctefyed.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1515 : Yf thy hert be so inly set ffor to be a marchant, for no thing woll I let.
c
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.611 : Þe leuedi biheld him inliche, Hou mesays he was.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)4538 : Þat bodi he bihalt inliche forsoþ.
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)340 : He behelde ynly hur face..He sawe neuyr none so bryght.
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)126/26 : Maystyr Geraud..a man that al the conqueste..ful Inly [Rwl: Inwardly] soght & oft greped, & thre bokes ther-of maked.
3.
(a) Inwardly, in the mind, spiritually; (b) in the womb, internally; (c) ?in reality.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)31/150 : Æt þan ænde heo wæs inlice gedrefod and..his slege þurheode hire sawle.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1972 : Euery þing sche inly gan enpresse, What þat sche sawe, bothe in mynde & þouȝt Sche al enprente[t]h.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2303 : Be a man inly neuere so wys In counseillynge..With-oute fauour he holde is but a fool.
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)145/28 : Þe frute of þis worching is hiȝe goostly wisdom, sodenly & frely riftid of þe spirit inly in itself & vnformid.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)85 : What whyght þat inly pensif is..His moste desire is to be solitarie.
- c1450 WBible(2) (Bod 277)Deut.2.30 : Hath ynly hardid [Roy: thi Lord God made hard his spirit].
b
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)29/136 : Swa-swa leofne gyst heo hine husede and innlice herebyregode.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6134 : Pes in þe face, but in þe herte werre, Al openly confermyd with her hond, Inly to tresoun, by assurance of bond.
- c1450 PPl.B (RwlPoet 38)14.89 : In-lich [Ld: shrifte..more worthy is if man be iliche contrit].