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† ˈvilety Obs.
Forms: α. 3–5 vilte (uilte, 4 filte), 4–5 vylte, 6 vilty. β. 4–5 vilete, 5–6 vylete(e, 6 vilety, 6–7 viletie.
[a. AF. and OF. vilte (= It. viltà, Pr. viltat), f. vil vile a. Cf. vility.]
Vileness, in various senses; a vile action.
αa1225Ancr. R. 380, I hwuche uilte, i hwuche wo, he ledde his lif on eorðe. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 1081 Gret vilte þou askest ous, wanne we of one kunde Beþ icome. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5206 He þat was hanged on a tre Bysyde Ihesu for vylte. a1340Hampole Psalter xlix. 22 Þat þou wit þat þou ill did and see þi vilte. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 199 Neuer ȝet in no boke breued I herde Þat euer he wrek so wyþerly on werk þat he made, Ne venged for no vilte of vice ne synne. c1400Rule St. Benet lviii. (Prose) 38 Alle þe uiltez þat man wille put hir to. 14..S.E. Leg. (MS. Bodl. 779) in Herrig Archiv LXXXII. 352/84 Forȝeue hem þis gult þat doþ me soch filte. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 290/1 After the passion the Crosse was moche enhaunced for the vylte was transported in to preciousyte. 1598Barret Theor. Warres v. i. 148 Whosoeuer shall..loose the same [horse] through vilty or negligence.
βa1300Cursor M. 20340 Þar-for þaron hei [v.r. haue] þou þe thoght,..þat tai do me na vilete. c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. xxiii. 93 Having euer in mynde his oune wickednes & his vilete. 1485Caxton Chas. Gt. viii. 74 For yf..it happed that..[I] put the to deth it shold to me be vylete and reproche. 1504W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione iii. xxiv. 217 If man consyder well his vylete, pouerte & great indygence. 1576Bedingfield tr. Cardanus' Comf. 57 b, And misery, vilety, shame,..are al more euil then death. 1602Segar Hon. Mil. & Civ. iii. v. 118 Better it is therefore to iustifie honour by Armes, then incurre suspition of viletie. |