Middle English Dictionary Entry
yērlī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | yērlī adj. Also erli. |
| Etymology | OE gērlīc, gēarlīc; cp. ME yēr n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Due or incurred each year, annual; also, made annually; of values: reckoned on a year-by-year basis;
(b) held, observed, or taking place annually;
(c) chronological;
(d) of a year’s duration.
Associated quotations
a
- (1432) Let.Christ Ch.in Camd.n.s.1910 : Ye have a part of an endenture undyr our seel and we anothyr undyr your seele whych make expresse declaracion be yerly calculacyons of the same, yer be yer.
- (1433) RParl.4.432a : All the Revenuz…suffisith not to the birdon and assiethyng of youre ordinarie yeerly Charges, be the Somme of xxxv m li. a yeere and more.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4383 : My yeerly guerdoun, myn annuite, That was me graunted for my long labour, Is al behynde, I may naght payed be.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2406 : Þai…ȝerely tribute him to geue ȝapely him hetis.
- (1470) Paston1.424 : The seid feoffez shal suffre the seid John Paston, knyght, to haue thereof…to the yerly value of 1 li.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)35/8 : Margarete…graunted…the yifte…of xij shillings of yerely rente.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)586/7 : He…graunted…one yerely halfmark.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)120 : It is behouefull that we furst esteme what his erly charges and expences bith likely to drawe vnto.
b
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)44/21 : Þes freolsdæig is us gearlic, ac he is heofenwaren singallic.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)216 : Thilk multitude of bokis schulden not haue contynued so myche and so weel into this day the mynde of thilk bischopis benefiting, as the seid solempne ȝeerli goyng bi ij tymes in ech ȝeer…hath do.
c
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)4113 : Þow she yung were by yerely computacyoun, Yet in hir soule she had suffycyent age.
d
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)81a/b : Ipocras…demeþ þat whatsomeuer vlcerez beþ ȝerly or of a ȝere [L annua] or haþ longer tyme, it is nede aboue to be put out & concaue cicatricez to be made.