Middle English Dictionary Entry
thurgh-ǒutlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | thurgh-ǒutlī adv. Also thurȝoutli & (early NEM) þoruthlike, (Orm.) þurrhut-. |
| Etymology | OE þurh-ūtlīce, þur-ūtlīge. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Searchingly, piercingly; loken ~; (b) completely, fully, in all things; (c) as intensive with adv.: very; ~ wel.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)680 : Godard..lokede on him Þoruth-like with eyne grim.
b
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)859 : We þurȝoutly hauen cnawyng.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5247 : All Drihhtiness bodeword..Iss filledd þurrhutlike wel, Ȝiff þatt soþ lufe iss filledd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13580 : Tatt te Laferd Jesu Crist Iss cumenn off þatt chesstre, Þatt trowwe icc þurrhutlike wel.