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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1499-1513
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Lathly, Laithly, adv. Also: lathe-, laytht- and -lie. [ME. laðliche, loþliche (also lod-), e.m.E. lothely, OE. láðlíce; north. ME. also laithli (Cursor M.), ON. leiðiliga.] Loathsomely, foully; hideously, horribly. a1400 Legends of the Saints xii. 944.
Thy body … I sall gere doggis laithly rife c1420 Wynt. viii. 3547.
Qwhen he … sawe the lwmpe sa lathely [W. lathly, C. laythtly] ly a1500 Henr. III. 159/20.
Full laithly thus sall ly thi lusty heid, Holkit and how a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 137.
Of ilk airt of the eist sa laithly it laid 1513 Doug. iii. ix. 10.
We hym behald, and al hys cors gan se Maist laithly ful of ordur
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