Middle English Dictionary Entry
rā̆p(e)lī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | rā̆p(e)lī adv. Also rappeli, rappliche. |
| Etymology | ON: cp.OI hrapalliga. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Hastily, quickly; swiftly, fast; the rapelier, the sooner, immediately.
Associated quotations
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)178 : Ðe mire..renneð rapelike & resteð hire seldum.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3179 : Sche wex wod of hire wit..& rapli gan a-way renne.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4544 : Þey..adrewe hure swerdes with þat anon raplych at o route.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)5.176 : Þei Risen vp Raply [vrr. in a rape, in rape; C: rapliche].
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)16.273 : With þat sawe I an other Rapelich [C:Rappliche] renne forth.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)363 : Ne worþe no wrathþe vnto my Lorde, If rapely raue [read: I raue] spornande in spelle.
- c1400 PPl.B (Trin-C B.15.17)17.70 : Þe Samaritan..parceyued bi his pous he was in peril to dye, And but he hadde recouerer þe rapelier [vr. rather] þat rise sholde he neuere.
- c1410(c1350) Gamelyn (Hrl 7334)219 : Vp sterte þe champioun raply and anoon.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)20/67 : Gold..made him rapely ride Till dede.
- ?a1425 Susan.(Hnt HM 114)228 : To þe ȝate rapely [Vrn: ȝaply] they ȝedyn ful yare.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1763 : So raply þay ryde thare that all þe rowte ryngez Of ryues and raunke stele and ryche golde maylez.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)22374 : Merlyn hem ordeynede anon..Eche wenge aftyr othyr Faste to gon; And so they dedyn raply and anon.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)123/7 : The rakke of þe rede skye full rappely I ridde.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)prol.13 : Henrri..rosse with him rapely to riȝtyn his wronge.
- a1500 PNoster R.Hermit (Trin-C O.1.29)p.158 : Sche sende þan rappely hasty bodeworde & besought hertily hym..þat he wilde schape hastily to traueill vnto hiere.