Middle English Dictionary Entry
theftuousli adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | theftuousli adv. Also thiftuousli. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Hist.Patr.(StJ-C G.31) 171/19 : Whi wente thow thus away..in thi gret foly, thiftuously stelynge my goddis with the?
- a1500 Hist.Patr.(StJ-C G.31) 237/6 : Go after this men in haste and accuse them of thefte, saynge that thei haue thiftuou[s]ly take awey with them my siluer peese.
Note: Editor: "thiftuously: Or thiftnously? MED records 'theftnese' n. 'the practice of theft', but no adverbial form except thefteli (only one citation from ?1475)."
Note: Glossary: "thiftuously, adv., 'by stealing, in a thief-like manner'."
Note: Cf. OED theftuously, adv. 'In a theftuous manner; by or as by theft; stealthily, secretly.' Chiefly Sc., with a c1400 Scottish Trojan War quote.
Note: New entry.