Middle English Dictionary Entry
sehelīche adj.
Entry Info
Forms | sehelīche adj. |
Etymology | From sehen , early SWM p.ppl. of sẹ̄n v.(1); cp. OE gesewenlīc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)14/89 : He ȝelt þe wurðemunt to unwitelese þing..ant herieð ant hersumeð seheliche schaftes.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)46/25 : Þu wissent & wealdent of alle wiht þe iwrahte beoð, seheliche ant unsehene.
- c1225 St.Marg.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)27/23 : Ah þe i þoncki þrof, þat art kingene king echeliche icrunet..of alle seheliche þing & unsehelich baðe, swotest ant swetest.