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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1438, 1500-1599
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Ir(o)usly, adv. Also: -lie, irows-, irosly, -lie, yr(o)usly; irwis-, irwysly. [ME. yrous-, irowsly (c 1450).] Angrily, wrathfully; furiously.(a) 1375 Barb. viii. 144 (E).
The king … Had dispyt … That Schyr Aymer spak sa heyly, Tharfor he ansueryt irusly c1420 Wynt. i. 1541.
Agayne bys fadyre irowsly [W. yrusly] Than he ras in swylk felny ?1438 Alex. i. 3019.
The King beheld him irously 1533 Boece ix. iii. 291.
Pichtis here throw contrare Vter irosly war commovit 1533 Ib. xi. xix. 446.
Iroslie he invadit the ciete and kirk 15.. Clariodus v. 2325.
As two wyld boaris irouslie thay faught(b) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxiii. 473.
[He] sad til hyme irwisly: ‘Wil thu nocht ȝet lef thi foly?’ c1420 Wynt. iv. 239.
The hors he hardynyt irwysly [W. yrously]
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