Middle English Dictionary Entry
radlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | radlī adv. Also rad(d)eli, rad(de)lẹ̄ & (early) radlice, hradlice, rædlic(e, hrædlice, redlice, raðliche, reaðliche, (error) hrælice & (early SWM) red(e)liche, read(e)liche, readiliche. |
| Etymology | OE: cp. WS hrædlīce & Merc. hreþlīce. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. rath(e)li adv., iredliche adv., red(e)li adv., redili adv.
1.
(a) Quickly, speedily, swiftly; (b) immediately, promptly, without delay; (c) as ~ as, so ~ so, as soon as; hou ~, as soon as possible, forthwith; (d) in a short while, before long; ~ sone; (e) suddenly.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)87.38/2 : Wiþ þat wif hrædlice cenned [read: cennan] mæȝe, nim þisse wyrt sæd.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)118/3 : Ealle men..sceolen beon ahofene up ofer þysne luftlice heofen..comende..toȝeane ure Drihten; & syððæn bið þe mycele dom rædlice iendod.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)14/17 : Ða dyde dauid swa he hine biddan het & him rædlice to com.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)23 : Þe deofel wule bilesnien þe wreche..alswa redliche swa adam..us forgulte erest in to helle.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)26/8 : Ich habbe isehe þe rode þe arudde me se redliche of his reowliche rake.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)41 : Þan ros he vp radely & ran þider swiþe.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)629 : Heo rikenede a-ȝeyn radly and sone.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)6.10 : Todreue al my faes swiftely; Þai be went, and schame swith radely [vr. raddeli; L velociter].
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1907 : Þe lorde..Rased hym ful radly out of þe rach mouþes.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1529 : They..Radly relayes and restez theire horsez.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)290 : He prekut oute prestely And aure-hiet him radly.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)3352 : To Rome radle he con winde.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)168/65 : Fast afore wyll I hy radly on a rake.
b
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)43/28 : Þus þu scealt hine hrædlice læcniȝe.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)3 : God in þane castel..and ȝe finded redliche þar ane asse.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)74/516 : Ha heuen up hare honden to heouene ant swa somet readliche [Roy: redliche]..uerden wið murðe..to Criste.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)810 : Þanne a-ros sche raddely..& gan doun..in-to þe gardin.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1744 : Ho comez with-inne þe chambre dore..& on þe wyȝe callez, & radly þus re-hayted hym with hir riche wordez.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)43/12 : Ne falle not in no wanhope, but radly eftsones arise.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)4512 : Þat blessud virgyn..badde hym arys radeliche & blyue.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)462 : The sight of þat semely..rauysshed hir radly þe rest of hir sawle.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)409 : Þis diuinour..Reft him vp be þe rotis & radly þam stampis.
- c1450 Eglam.(Clg A.2)768 : Radly þe bellys þey rynge.
c
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Swa radlice swa he þær com..þa son þær æfter þa sægon & herdon fela men feole huntes hunten.
- a1150 Rwl.G.57 Gloss.(Rwl G.57)27 : Quam primum: hu rædlic.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)430 : Als radly as þe riche kyng rase on þe morne..a diuinour he callis.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1354 : Þe kyng callis him a clerke..Als radly as he rase.
d
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)106.76/4 : Ahoh eac þare wurte wurtume [read: wurtrume] abutan þas mannes swuran, þa þat he hangian aforne ȝean þa miltan, hrælice [read: hrædlice] he byð ȝehæled.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)128/9 : Heo her for Godes lufe syllen nolden heoræ sawle to hælpe, heo hit rædlice forlæteð.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)225 : Adam..swealt..Þa wearð þa redlice micel mennisc ȝewexon.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12778 : Þes drake and beore..radliche sone to-gadere heo come.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)216/19 : Weater þe ne stureð nawt readliche [Tit: raðliche; Cleo: readiliche] stinkeð.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)12665 : Anna..was spoused til a-noþer housbande..wiþ hir radli a doghter he gatte.
- a1450 ?Audelay An a byrchyn bonke (Dc 302)220/78 : Now rayke we to þe ȝonder row, Or raddele oure rese mon we rew.
- a1500(?c1400) Gowther (Adv 19.3.1)627 : Þo emperour faght with all his myght, Bot radly was he tan.
e
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)93.50/2 : Þeos wyrt..habbað mahte, þat hi hradlice þana man forþilmiað.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)108/10 : Þa rædlice ætsceawede him þær Moyses.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)22478 : Þe sternis..sal radli falle doun fra heiuen.
2.
(a) Readily, willingly; (b) easily; (c) clearly, plainly; certainly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)4/23 : His hinen..to cwemen wel þe huswif..swerieð somet reaðliche [Roy: redliche] þet efter hire hit schal gan.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)24/23 : Ne mahte hit na mon redliche [vr. lihtliche] areachen.
- ?1316 Quant homme (Roy 12.C.12)252 : Ryth may nout radlyche stonde.
c
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)155/33 : Auh al þet schrift ne schreapeð nout of, al he [the Devil] wule adomesdei reden ful readeliche [Corp-C: witerliche].
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1281 : Nu þu miȝt wite readliche [Jes-O: redeliche] Þat eauere þu spekest gideliche.