Middle English Dictionary Entry
sōrlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | sōrlī adv. Also soreli, sareli, sarrelich, sereli & (early) sarlice, særliche. |
| Etymology | OE sārlīce; for forms in -ǣ- and -ē- cp. LOE sǣr (var. of OE sār n.) & ME sōr(e adj.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Sorrowfully, sadly, ruefully; also, so as to cause sorrow [last quot.]; (b) wretchedly, miserably; (c) fiercely, severely, hard; also, greatly, very much; (d) in a state of physical pain.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)38/21 : Darius þa se cyng on dæigred aras & eode to þan seaðe & sarlice clypode, [etc.].
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)2/46 : Þonne besihþ þeo soule sorliche to þen lich[ame].
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)14323 : So satt he syghand sorely, grett sorow yt was þat syght to se.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)633/26 : Hit is vn-semeli..þat contrauersi..lawfully endid sholde be soreli I-meuid ageine.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)104/4 : Hwæt ælc þare monnæ sarlice ȝefalleð þe hine nu to deofle ȝeeadmodeþ.
- a1400 Ancr.(Pep 2498)118/21 : Foure þousande in þe fiȝth weren sarrelich ynomen and þat was for hij were flecchande.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3392 : Sær-liche [Otho: starcliche] heo feohte, & fælden heore cnihtes.
- ?c1400 Earth(2) (StJ-C E.24)st.7 : Whan erþe schalle of o erþe nedeliche a-ryse..Þen schal erþe for erþe sorelyche [vr. grimliche] a-grise.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)33/12 : Sorely tyne we oure tyme as vnfeiþful wrecchis.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)225 : The heron þay hitten hym full ofte..saylen hym full serely and sesyn hym there-aftire.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)322 : Þen þe Trogens of Troy teneden full sore, And semblen þaym full serely, and sadly þay foughten.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)265 : Þe Sarazene semblede so Sarely Þat þay felde faste of oure cheualrye.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3692 : Thunret full throly; thrappit the windes; Sodenly þo sailes were sorely bestad.
d
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)126/1 : Job sæt þa sarlice, eall on anre wunde, uppen his mixene.