Middle English Dictionary Entry
yīverlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | yīverlī adv. Also (16th cent.) yeverli, (early) ȝiverliche & (error) ȝynerly. |
| Etymology | OE gīferlīce |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Greedily;
(b) eagerly; willingly; promptly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)123/1 : Moni an is for muchel heate se swiðe of þurst mid alle þet hwil ha drinkeð þet drunch ne beo hit ne se bitter ne feleð ha hit neauer ah gluccheð in ȝiuerliche ne nimeð neauer ȝeme.
b
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)902 : Ȝynerly [read: ȝyuerly] the ȝepe knight ȝokit hom belyue.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13231 : With-in a yere, full yeuerly, þat yepe was with child, Consayuit of my-selfe.