Middle English Dictionary Entry
cantlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | cantlī adv. Also (error) cautely. |
| Etymology | From cant adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Boldly, vigorously.
Associated quotations
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)16/64 : John of Aile..with scheltron ful schene Was comen into Cagent cantly and kene.
- a1450 Spaldyng Katereyn þe curteys (BodR 22)p.540 : Þat cursud cayfte..commaund his commyneres cantly in rees, To forme a fyre ferly his face þere be-fore.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)303/309 : Carpe on, knave, cautely [read: cantely] and caste þe to corde here.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8285 : Thre thousaund full þro þrang into batell..And cobbyt full kantly, kaghten the fild.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)11480 : Þe traytor vntrew..Past vnto Priam, present hor wille, All the case of hor come, cantly with mowthe.