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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bodily, Bodely, adv. Also: bodilie, bodyly (boydyly); bodaly. [ME. bodile (14th c.), bodily.]

1. In the body or flesh; in person.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xi. 54.
Thai … that with thar ene Boydyly here has me sene c1420 Wynt. v. 3780.
To the byschope bodyly I wyll pas Ib. 4144; etc.
The devyll apperyd thare bodyly 1422 Stirlings of Keir 208.
Of the qwhylk for-sayid some I hald me weile content and bodyly payit a1586 Maitland Ho. Seytoun 9.
Houbeit thay be deid bodilie(b) a1400 Leg. S. i. 388.
This Symon … Apere til hym wald bodely c1420 Wynt. i. 313.
Sethys sonnys … gat on thaim bodely Thir geawndis Ib. v. 3899.
Scho oyssit to wesy bodely Al pur folk 14.. Acts I. 344/2.
That the bailȝeis present jlke persoune bodely before the Iustice 1476 Reg. Great S. 310/2.
Quhar I … may be bodely fundin c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 47/27.
Thow suld … helpe thaim mare spiritualye na bodely

2. By a corporal oath. Cf. Bodily a. 1. 1385 Red Bk. Grandtully I. 138 *.
Bodely makand gude fayth that [etc.] Ib. 139 *.
The qwhylk trowthys thai gefe bodely ilkane tyl othyr c1420 Wynt. vii. 3005.
To purge hym … the Qwene Profferyd hyr to swere bodyly Ib. viii. 1978.
He … gert hym be oblyssyd stratly, Be gret ath sworne bodyly, That [etc.] 1429 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. viii. 10.
At all thir condycyonis … be trewly kepyd, baithe … partys ar bodely sworne 1448 Acts I. 350/2.
The hail lordis … he gert bodily be suorne that [etc.] 1456 Wemyss Chart. 76.
We being bodily oblist and sworne the gret atht [etc.] 1535 Stewart 27168.
Syne bodelie ilkane for to be sworne Britis agane neuir mair till persew