1laxly, negligently:
(
c.1230;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Mes quant la guerre fut quassie, Dunt sa char fut asaillie, Plus lachement mena sa vie; Pur ceo li fut sustrait l'aie
S Modw 4807
(
s.xiii2;
MS: s.xivin
)
E ausi fet ele
(=laziness) sovent Ke laschement sun servise rent
Set Pechez 676
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ineffectively, sparingly:
(
c.1185;
MS: s.xiiim
)
si li prie K’asez face acheter conrei, Noun laschement, mes a desrey
Ipom BFR 350
♦
reluctantly, half-heartedly:
(
1160-74;
MS: s.xvii
)
Et cil vont, qui s’en fuient, laschement deffendant, Es fossez et es vaux vont lor armes getant
Rom de Rou wace i 130.3542
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii2/4
)
(the treasurer is ordered to donate fifteen pounds to St John) Mes cil le fist trop laschement Quant sursist sun cumandement
(=and goes to the steward and the provost for advice)
S Jean ANTS 1151
(
c.1230;
MS: s.xiiim
)
(we have to suffer hardship and give up fortune in order to go to Heaven) ore vus vei, ne sai cument, Les queors beiser trop laschement
S Modw 2260
(
s.xivin;
MS: s.xivm
)
les gentz plus se hastent en purchaceant de mounter as richessez mes laschement e avalant se hastent de feare nul bien
BOZ Cont 43
2loosely, slackly:
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
La royne Olimpias out son mantel osté. Mult fut gente de corps, le vis ot coloré; Bloie ot chevelure, laschement gualoné
Rom Chev ANTS 137
laschement1 (s.xii3/4)