Middle English Dictionary Entry
senglī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | senglī adv. Also sengeli & senglẹ̄, sengelei, singlẹ̄ & (error) syngnlelie. |
| Etymology | From sengle adj.; some forms in -e may be adverbial uses of the adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Individually, separately; alone, on one's own; also, apart [quot.: c1400]; (b) only, alone; (c) ~ served, ?attended at table by one servant; (d) completely, fully; (e) without adornment, simply, plainly; ~ armed, lightly armed; (f) ?misreading of sengle adj. as senglẹ̄ adv.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)4.10 : For þou, lauerd, sengely [vr. singelli; L singulariter] In hope set me witerly.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)140.11 : Falle sal in his nette sinful þat are; Sengli [vrr. Sengelic, Sengellic] i am til i forthfare.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)8 : Quere-so-euer I jugged gemmez gaye, I sette hyr sengeley in synglure.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Eph.5.33 : Ȝee sengly eche man loue he his wyfe as hymselfe.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)471 : I am sengilly here, with sex sum of knyghtes.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)6081 : Let vs senglely a-wey fare Out of þys lond for euere mare.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)91b : Þe prudder þat here hertes beeþ aftir a ioyful iourney, þe more vnwiseliche þey gouerne hem selue in ordenaunce, and rideþ sengle and departed as men þat haue no drede.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)121 : Alle these togedere or sengle by hemselffe vaylene ayenst the bytynge of woode dogges.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)463/17 : Þe same iij hostis at sho had, had away syngnlelie [read: synglelie] ilkone be þer one.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)231/7 : Say me..what thou sought here thus sengly thyself alone.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)236/21 : Thei putte away their felliship to live sengelly [CQ(1): kepe a companye aparte] for their profight.
b
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1942 : Al þy cloþes þou schalt of don..Lef þou sengle on þy scherte.
- ?c1400 Chaucer Bo.(Add 10340)3.pr.9.[146].2369 : Men wenen þat þei ne mowe ȝeuen but o þing senglely of alle þat men seken.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Phil.2.4 : Ȝee demande..to be more souereyns byfor god, not sengylly biholdande þoo thyngys þat ar þeyrys but and þoo thyngys þat ben of þeyrs.
c
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)58 : Countroller..is thirde in estate of thys house aftyr the Steward, but at no tyme nor place within thys courte covered in servyse, and but single served.
d
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)19a : Ȝong fiȝteres owen to ben tauȝt first sengilliche vnarmed, aftirward y-armed.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)150/29 : To bileue wel is whan a man bileueþ sympeliche or sengeliche al þat God comaunded.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)21/7 : Þis is oon cause whi goddis comaundementis ben kunned so sengli and so simpli.
e
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)196 : Nou is susan in sale, sengeliche [vrr. sengely, senglyche] arayed In A selken schert.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)69b : Ȝif it happe eny þing..to be done by enbusshement..be hit in taking of smale and lowe degre or of þilke þat ben sengle armed [L minus armatos], ȝit al þis is comfort to þine and discomfort to þyn aduersaries.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)1795 : Non Armore he dyde hym vppon Bot A Robe All sengle wrought.
f
- a1500 PParv.(Add 37789)66 : Cengylly [Hrl 221: Cengylle: Singularis].