Middle English Dictionary Entry
manē̆rlī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | manē̆rlī adj. Also (pl.) manerlis. |
| Etymology | From manē̆r(e . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Well-mannered, seemly, modest; (b) customary, moral.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1652 : Much glam & gle glent vp þer-inne Aboute þe fyre vpon flet..With alle þe manerly merþe þat mon may of telle.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416)172/4 : Wisdome..furst is schamfaste, aftur pesible, manerliche, able to take lore, consentinge to goode.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416)175/21 : In feiþ be ȝe preinge, alle of o wil..louers of fraternite, merciable, manerliche, humble.
- a1425 *Trev.Barth.(Mrg M 875)74a/b : In a good spouse & wyfe nedeþ þese condiciouns, þat sche be..diligen in here doynge & dedis, manerly [L modesta] in cloþynge, [etc.].
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)11.19 (v.1:p.108) : He was sett forth to stonden biforn hym and also to help to seruen hym, for he was of personalite wele favourid and comely, and in al his behavyng bothe curtaise and manerly.
b
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)62/36 : Alexander, y wille þat þow wete yat yn þe ordinance of a kyngdom..þer ben techinges ful specyals and manerlys [L moralia] þat falles to þe to þe gouernance of þyn owyn meynee and of þe commyn poeple.