Middle English Dictionary Entry
mẹ̄d(e)fullī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | mẹ̄d(e)fullī adv. Also (error) medulfully. |
| Etymology | From mẹ̄d(e)ful . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Meritoriously; (b) justifiably with reference to doctrine, law, or precedent.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)268 : So schalt þou go from þat on [Martha] to þat oþur [Mary] meedfulli & folfille boþe.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)31/24 : Wiþouten me..ȝe mai no þing do..medfulli or þank-worþi.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.23 : Sum han drede how þei shal lyve after þis lyf, for after þer deeþ, þei may not delve or do medefulli to þer soule.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)276/9 : It techyth how þou schalt absteyne fro synne..and how þou schalt medefully mynystryn..þi temperall godys.
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)382 : Seynt thomas and seynt swyþune wer þus lordis..& now ben seyntis in heuen; þan may we, be þe same skile, medefulli taake up-on vs þis temporall lordeschip.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.17.11b : He [John]..was rauisched bi loue..medfulli to hym.
b
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)13 : Cristene puple..mai medefulli withdrawe tithis and offeringis vsid now fro prelatis and curatis trespassynge or failynge..in her gostli office.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)82 : This forseid Innocent dide this crueleste tirauntrie agens king Jon for a leful werk, which he myghte do medefulli.
- ?a1425 WBible(2) Gloss.Prov.(Cld E.2)30.6 : Tho thingis that declaren Goddis word moun be addid wel and meedefuly.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)20 : A man..mai medulfully cesser fro summe dedis for a tyme.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)25 : Wan men curse him bi Godds biddyng, and þan þei do it medefully.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)423 : As anentis worldly dette..a man may meedefuly ȝyue it to hym þat shal aftir be dampnyd; for þis is no willeful almes but ȝilding of dette bi mannus lawe.