Middle English Dictionary Entry
thinnelī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | thinnelī adv. Also (error) þonneliche. |
| Etymology | From thin(ne adj.; the (b) quot. could also be construed as a noun, from -lē̆ch(e suf. rather than -lī suf.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) With thin material; (b) ?insufficiently; ?as noun: scantiness, tepidity.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5913 : Hij ben men..Of hard lijf and stronge penaunce, Hij ne eten bot gresses rote And fruyt of trees and herbes swote; Þynnelich hij bey yhatered And drynken of þe broune water.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)31/10 : Kueade anginnynge heþ þe sleuuolle be zix zennes: Þe uerste is þonneliche [?read: þenneliche; Vices & V.(2): tendernesse; F tenuites], huanne þe man loueþ lite and lheucliche oure lhord þet he ssolde louye bernindeliche.