Middle English Dictionary Entry
secondlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | secondlī adv. |
| Etymology | From second num. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) For the second time; (b) in the second place, secondly.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.41.32 : That..þou hast yseeyn secoundly [WB(2): the secunde tyme; L secundo] a sweuen perteynyng to þe same þing, schewyng is of fastnes.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.13.58 : Ȝif hit cese, he shal wasche secoundelich [vr. secoundlich] þo þyngys þat been pure, & þei shal be clene.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton:EETS)29/111 (f.45rb) : Iustly may his name be called wel 'Iacob' for on another tyme tofore this he supplanted me of my patrymonye, and now secondly he hath vndernome fro me my blessyng.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2247 : Secoundly, I seye that alle wommen ben wikke and noon good of hem alle.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2315 : Secoundly [vrr. secoundely, secundely, secundly], he that is irous and wroth, he ne may nat wel deme.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1741 : Secoundely [vrr. Secondly, Secundelich], ther yet devyneth noon Upon yow two.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)90/31 : Þer be ij þingis þe which..we schuld eschewe: first, to iuge oþir persoones..secundly, be-cause we be not in certeyne what þei schal be.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)50/11 : Conseruance of helth standeth principally in 2 thynges: First, that a man vse convenient metes accordyng to his age..Secondly [Lambeth: Þe secunde ys], that he be purged of all superfluous and corruptif humours.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)79/24 : Se at þe first he have perfeccion of lymmes..Secondly [Lambeth: On þe oþer syde; L Secundo], þat he have godnes of lernyng and wille to vnderstonde þat þat is told vnto hym.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)106 : Furst, to begynne, thys Eolus hath oft Made me to retourne my course agayn nature..Secundly..Oft of myn entent hath he made me mys.