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mortelement (1155)

mortelement (1155)

mortaument,  morteaument;  mortelment,  morteulment,  morteument;  mortielement;  mortuement,  mortument  
  FEW:  mortalis 6/iii,148a Gdf:  mortelment 5,417a GdfC:  mortelment 10,177a TL: mortel (mortelment) 6,309 DEAF:  mortel (mortelment)  DMF:  mortellement  TLF:  mortellement  OED: MED: DMLBS:

adv.

1mortally, causing death
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Cil unt Key nafré mortelment E ocis unt mult de sa gent  Brut WACE 12647
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  La teste esquassa morteaument La peysauntyme, e cheytivement Desuz ceu fes le chetif just Tut freyt mort  S Fran ANTS 6949
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  il estoit mortuement naufré en bataille countre Modred  TREVET Cron1 193.2
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Mortielement enpuisonné Du tieu poisoun que tout les fent  GOWER Mirour 4397
completely, to the death
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Cil hai le autre mortelment; Nel pout l'um traire a amusement  S Jean ANTS 5665
2cruelly, brutally
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  cist vassaus mut le hasta E mortelment le demena  Ipom BFR 5730
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  tote manere de armes [...] chet plus morteument si il vient de haut  vegetius2 142.19
3in mortal fashion, guise
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  por qei ne poet il (=the spirit) mie Estre tenu penablement La ou deit vivre mortaument?  Dial Greg SATF 16816
nun mortelement
nunmortelement
peccher mortelement
theol.to commit a deadly sin, one which deprives the soul of divine grace
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  'fetes,' dit il 'amere pleinte e plour, vus ke avez pecché mortument'  Ancren2 64.13

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See also:

mort1  mortalité  mortel 
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