Middle English Dictionary Entry
unmanerlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | unmanerlī adv. Also onmanerli. |
| Etymology | From manē̆rlī adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Rudely, discourteously, disrespectfully, uncivilly; also, cruelly, savagely [last quot.];
(b) unrestrainedly, immoderately, excessively.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2339 : Bolde burne, on þis bent be not so gryndel; No mon here vn-manerly þe mys-boden, habbe Ne kyd, bot as couenaunde at kyngez kort schaped.
- c1453(c1437) Brut-1436 (Hrl 53)571/36 : Thay of þe toun of Popperyng in Flaundres demenet hem vngentilly and entretid hym vnmanerly as he come rydyng thrughe the toun.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)114/23 : A grete wynd blew hem into Ciper…and þei of þe cuntre cam, and spoiled it, and treted the ladies onmanerly.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)227 : Vn Manerly: jnhumaniter, jnhumane.
b
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)116/20 : A soule…by seruile dreede of tribulaciones…bigynneþ to come out of þe flood þat sche haþ longe be drenchid ynne, castynge out fro hir þe venym wiþ þe haate þat sche was poysened wiþ…was cast out of þe scorpyoun in liknes of gold, and so was resceyued vnmanerly & noþing manerly, wherfore it was turnyd to hem þat resceyueden it into venym.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)3/17 : Nor I myȝt fele þe gostely hete, whils I was wery bodely for trauayll, or treuly vn-manerly occupyed with warldly myrthes, or elles with-outen mesure gyfen to disputacion.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)53/15 : Fraward men þer ar þat þer wyffis for þer bewte vnmanerly [L immoderate] lufys.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)133/17 : Axe not þi mete and þi drinke to gredily ne to hastily ne forto receyue it vnmanerly, but esily, sadly, and religiously.