Middle English Dictionary Entry
manī-fōldlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | manī-fōldlī adv. Also (N) manifaldli & (early) moniȝfealdlice. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. WS manig-fealdlīce; A monig-faldlīce. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In numerous or varied ways; (b) many times, repeatedly; (c) ?with many folds or twists.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)92/12 : Þeo sawle..is on boce moniȝfealdlice inemnod bi hire weorces þeiȝnunȝum.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)0b/a : Þerfor be it first y-seide what is Cirurgie; And þof al many men haue diffinyd it manyfoldly [Ch.(2): in manyfolde], neþerlez þay al toke þair grounde of our fader Galien.
b
- c1460 Oseney Reg.149/4 : Þe Bisshop of Couentry and summe prelates..þem and the same monasterie..grevyn mony-foldely and trowblyn.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.109 : Mankynde..for delyvraunce cryed to godde manyfaldly [L multipliciter].
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)119b/b : I inuolue al þe mortified membre manyfoldly [L multipliciter] with a spatadrape ywriten withinforþ.