Middle English Dictionary Entry
thikkelī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | thikkelī adv. |
| Etymology | From thik(ke adj.; also cp. OE þiclīce. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Fully; (b) obscurely; (c) in large numbers; also, copiously; (d) frequently.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)4477 : Þe leste wurde þat euer y þoght, Þat vnto synne a-mountede oght, was yn þat boke ful þykly dreuyn.
b
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)98 : Bi twixe us tweye shal be sum time cloudes..thoruh whiche j shal be hid fro thee. Sum time thou shalt see me thikkeliche and derkliche.
c
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)5672 : Thei be-gan the Gregeis to assayle, To þe Gregeis ffresche and so quykly, That thei died thanne thikly.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)236/18 : Julius the emperoure, seynge that he moste ʒeue batayle aʒeyn hem, ʒafe fee þikly vnto knyʒtus.
d
- a1450 Spaldyng Katereyn þe curteys (BodR 22)p.539 : For no throng of no threte þou woldest not ouer-throw, bot tholyd thykly..Qwen þe tyraunt trayfoly walde turne þe.