Middle English Dictionary Entry
merveillǒus adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | merveillǒus adv. Comp. marvailǒusere. |
| Etymology | From adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Wonderfully, astonishingly, surprisingly, exceedingly.
Associated quotations
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10290 : Þou ne wylt..lete hym herber yn hys hous; Þou art vnkynde ryȝt merueylous.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.174 : Ouer meruailouse our duellyng here is hard.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)34/5 : The Gerneres of Joseph..ben made of ston..Of the whiche ij ben merueylouse grete & hye.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)7715 : I feel þat yt refresshyd hath me Maruaylousere þan I telle kan.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3738 : He was a merueillous mody knyght.
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)82 : Athalenta was mervelious [vr. merveilously] swyft, so that non myght streche to hir in rennyng.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)992/31 : The lady lete make a grete bedde and mervaylous ryche.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1013/2 : Truly..never arste knew I of so hyghe adventures done, and so mervalous stronge.
- c1450(a1400) Chev.Assigne (Clg A.2)185 : Moche of þis worlde..wondreth on þe allone, That thy Qwene is vnbrente so meruelows longe.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)117 : The kynge Ventres..was mervelouse stronge.