Middle English Dictionary Entry
tīmelī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | tīmelī adj. |
| Etymology | From tīme n.(2); also cp. tīmelī adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Suitable for a particular time or season, seasonable; (b) early; early in season; ~ and late; (c) temporal; also, as noun: temporal goods [quot. 1340, last].
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)13 : Þe man þe hit meðeð riht þe suneð aleð gestninge and idel wil and haueð riht mel tid and nutteð timeliche metes.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)137a/a : It is to be war of al þing putrefactible, as is..softe froytes horarij, i. tymely.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.11.14 : He shal ȝeue to ȝoure loonde reyn tymely & late þat ȝe gederyn to gedere whete & wyne & oile.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Hos.6.3 : He shal cum as rayne tymely to vs and late to erthe.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Diet.(Sln 3534)43 : Be tymely at masse; þe better þou shalt cheve.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)128b : Tymly: Mane.
c
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)45/18 : Þe tende boȝ of auarice..byeþ þe gemenes of des..and of oþre huyche huet þet hy by huer me playþ uor pans oþer uor oþer timelich wynnynge.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)90/16 : Timliche guodes..byeþ gold an zeluer.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)154/34 : Þe þinges of time..destrueþ ofte and bodi and zaule..alle þo þet þe wordle louieþ to moche..habbeþ zuo þe herten engrined ine þe dyeules nette..þet [read: þet is; F cest] to timliche.
- c1400 Prep.Euch.(Ashm 1286)123/32 : I counceyle hym þat he absteyne hym from alle þingis tymely þat myȝtte fylen his soule.