† yernly, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹeornlice, 2–3 ȝeornliche, 3 ȝeorneliche, ȝernliche, ȝierneliche, ȝornliche, 4 ȝernely; compar. 3 ȝerenluker, ȝeorneluker, 4 ȝernloker; superl. 2 ȝeornlucost.
[OE. ᵹeornl{iacu}ce = OHG. gernlîhho = ON. giarnliga: see yern a. and -ly2.]
= prec. 1.
| c 725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) O 38 Obuixe, ᵹeornlice. c 900 tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. iii. (1890) 268 He..ᵹeornlice in his ᵹebede hleoðrade. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. ii. 8 Farað & axiað ᵹeornlice be þam cilde. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 109 Þe feorðe unþeu is þet þe riche mon..bihude his feh, and ȝeornliche halde hit. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 121 Men bien swo wiðerfulle þat, swo he ȝerenluker clepeð hem to him, swo hie wiðere turneð froward him. a 1225 Ancr. R. 100 Hercneð nu ȝeorneliche, mine leoue sustren. c 1275 Lay. 15593 Hii..ȝornliche luste Of þes vncouþe tale. a 1375 Joseph Arim. 593 Nas þer ȝong mon ne old þat ȝernloker wrouȝte. a 1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1914) 55 Damsele Discrecyone..sall..ȝernely luke þat all go wele. |