Middle English Dictionary Entry
sǒnnelī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | sǒnnelī adj. Also (early infl.) sunlice. |
| Etymology | From OE sunnlīc & ME sǒnne n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Proceeding from the sun, solar; (b) resembling the sun in color.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)68/32 : Se fulle mone fageteð, þonne he þæs sunnlice [OE sunlican] lihtes bedæled byð þurh þære eorðen scadewunge.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1977 : Sche considereth..His sonnelyche [vr. sonnysshe] here, crisped liche gold wyre.
- c1430 Chaucer TC (Cmb Gg.4.27)4.743 : Hyre owene her, þat sunneliche [Corp-C: sonnysshe] was of hewe, Sche rente.