Middle English Dictionary Entry
wēdlī adj.
Entry Info
Forms | wēdlī adj. Also (early infl.) wædligen. |
Etymology | OE wǣdlig |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Poor, needy.
Associated quotations
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)10/30 : Yfel byð þan mænn þe mæig helpen þan wædligen mænn & forwernð him his godes, & lætt hine forfaren.