Middle English Dictionary Entry
unornelī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | unornelī adv. Also (error) unornelske. |
| Etymology | From OE unornlīc adj. or ME unorne adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Simply, humbly, in lowly fashion or circumstances; also, without paying any deference to fastidiousness; also, insultingly, roughly [last quot.].
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7525 : Uss birrþ lætenn unnorneliʒ & litell off uss sellfenn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8251 : He flæh inntill oþerr land…& tære he wass unnorneliʒ, & tære he toc hiss ende.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)57/25,27 : Hie ne bieð nauht alle eadmode ðe unorneliche libbeð on mete and on claðes, and draʒeð te world-eihte; Sume libbeð unorneliche…naht for godes luue ac swilch hit hem bie icynde.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)107/17 : He ne scal to michel bien spekende, ne to michel swigende; ne he ne scal to prudeliche bien iscredd, ne to unorneliche.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1941 : Me wore leuere i wore lame Þanne men dide him ani shame, Or tok, or onne handes leyde Vn ornelske [read: Vn-ornelike], or same seyde.