Middle English Dictionary Entry
oddelī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | oddelī adv. Also odli(e. |
| Etymology | From odde adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Extremely; very; also, particularly; (b) valiantly; (c) exquisitely; (d) completely.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)698 : I compast hem a kynde crafte..And amed hit in myn ordenaunce oddely dere, And dyȝt drwry þerinne.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Christina Mirab.(Dc 114)120/40 : Whan I sawe oure lorde gladsum and wele apayed to me-warde, þen was I odly mery.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.997 : He made the kyng to be odlye riche.
b
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6859 : With þes Ector & other, so odly þai foght, That the grekes gaf bake.
c
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)275 : Out of his bosom he brayd a blesand table Of Euour & of othire þingis odly fourmed.
d
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)923 : Þou art oddely þyn one out of þis fylþe.