Middle English Dictionary Entry
bē̆stiallī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | bē̆stiallī adv. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
As an animal, brutishly.
Associated quotations
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.3493 : He drank the blood Off a bole, sauagyne and wood; With loue eschaufid..Most bestiali eendid thus his daies.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)15626 : I blynde ffolkys off al Resoun..I cause hem that they may nat se But bestyally in ther degre.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)806 : I haue be so bestyally dysposyde, I dare not a-pere.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)366 : Tho ben bestiall men that leuyn bestially.