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folement (1140-60)

The form foulement is a cross reference to the following entry:

folement (1140-60)

foulement,  folyment  
  FEW:  follis 3,688b Gdf: GdfC:  folement 9,634b TL: fol 2 (folement) 3,2001 DEAF:  fol 1 (folement)  DMF:  follement  TLF:  follement  OED: MED: DMLBS:

adv.

1madly
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  (=a woman) Quant veit bea[u] bacheler, de s’amur tost s’esprent E bien tost, ki k’en peist, si l’eime folement  Horn 685
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiim )  si ceus ki eyment folement tant se delitent penser e parler de ceus ky il eyment  HALES 215
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Ensynt fust Sampson liee e enveogli par ceo qe trop folement ama a desmesure  BOZ Cont 127
2foolishly, thoughtlessly
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ne devez [...] creire si folement Ces mauveis envius  Horn 1934
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  E dient tut a lur scient Que Deus en ad pris vengement Dunt n'avrat guarisement, Kar folement aveit errét Envers Deu e lur avuét  S Edm Pass ANTS 1497
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Dunc a la femme, sire, deistes, 'Pur quei cele chose feites?' Eve respunt ausi folement, 'Ceo me fist fere le serpent'  Lum Lais ANTS 199
rashly, unwisely
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  ‘Ahi’ feit il, ‘fel Sathanas, folement es çaenz entré, Le temple Deu as violé'  S Gile1 2947
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Trop folement il se sunt herbergiez, S'il n'ont aie, il sunt a mort livrez  Anc Test (B) 16152
( c.1265 )  vint avaunt le tenaunt folement avaunt ke il out le veue e vocher a garaunt un R.  Fet assaver 66
( 1309 )  les queus deners sount tut le plus levez, et par noun-covenable consail folement despenduz et gastez  Lib Cust 199
3wrongly, wickedly
( 1140-60; MS: 1140-60 ) Pur ço esguarduns que nuls huem folement l’yglise de Ely des or an avant n’ost trubbler, ne ses possessiuns tolir  Ely Arch 270.61
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Od ma fille gisez, si fetes folement  Horn 1922
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Son fiz ke folement overa Vers seinte Audree et meserra  S Audree1 4510
4wantonly
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1 )  Meuz voleient en chambre Ové les dames foulement juer  Vis S Paul octo 241
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Par folement dauneer (M.E. Over moche for to daunte and kysse) Poez vus malement pecher  Man pechez 6377
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  E damoysele Tut Esvuglee K'ad s'amur folement dunee  Lum Lais ANTS 3194

See also:

fol1  tresfolement 
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