Middle English Dictionary Entry
irēdī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | irēdī adv. Also ireadi, eredi. |
| Etymology | From adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Readily, plainly, clearly; (b) truly, surely, indeed.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7685 : Vre kinges suþþe, wanne hii raunson toke, Iredy wat folc miȝte ȝiue, hii founde þere in hor boke.
- ?a1450(?1350-75) Origo Mundi in Norris Anc.Corn.Drama (Bod 791)821 : Gothfos guyr ol yredy, my a vyn mos thyworthy's.
b
- c1225 St.Juliana (Roy 17.A.27)8/52 : Elewsius, wite þu hit wel ireadi [I am a Christian].
- ?a1450(?1350-75) Origo Mundi in Norris Anc.Corn.Drama (Bod 791)281 : Ty re gam wruk eredy.
- ?a1450(?1350-75) Origo Mundi in Norris Anc.Corn.Drama (Bod 791)817 : Dre y vernans, yredy, ol an bys a fyth sylwys.