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▪ I. † ˈcouthly, a. Obs.
In 3 cuðlich, couþlich.
[:—OE. type cúþlíc, f. cúþ couth a.: see -ly1.]
Familiar, friendly.
c1205Lay. 9827 Wið Claudien minne fader, Þe wes þi cudliche freond. Ibid. 19679 Þas swiken..cleopeden to þan cnihte mid cudliche [c 1275 couþliche] worden.
▪ II. couthly, adv. Obs. exc. Sc.|ˈkuːθlɪ|
Forms: 1 cúþlíce, 3 cuþliȝ, cuðliche, kiþþeliȝ, 4 couþly, couþely, cuthli, cowthly, kouthly, 9 couthly, coothly.
[OE. cúþlíce, f. cúþ couth: see -ly2.]
†1. Certainly, manifestly; clearly. Obs.
c900Bæda's Hist. ii. xii. 128 Ic cuþlice wat [scio certissime]. a1000Cynewulf Juliana 411 (Gr.) Acyrred cuþlice from Cristes æ. 1388Wyclif 1 Sam. Prol. 3 The wordis of daies, the which more kouthly may be clepid the Cronycle of Goddis stories.
2. Familiarly, kindly, as a familiar friend. Obs. exc. Sc.
c900Bæda's Hist. v. vii, Ðæt he ðe cuþlicor from ðam halᵹum ᵹe-earnode in heofonum onfongen beon. 1000Andreas 322 (Gr.) Ðæt he eaþmedum ellorfusne oncnawe cuþlice. 1200Ormin 2204 He toc to frofrenn hire anann Cuþliȝ bi name. c1205Lay. 719 Þu heom clepe to and cuðliche wið heom spec. a1300Cursor M. 17696 (Cott.) Cuthli for him can [v.r. gon] i knele. c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 937 Þe lorde..couþly hym knowez & callez hym his nome. 1840Whistlebinkie (Sc. Songs) (1890) I. 271 I'm coothly come your luve to win.
¶3. With the knowledge or skill of familiarity: the opposite of uncouthly. (A pseudo-archaism.)
1816W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XLI. 330 He only passes for the parish star, Who couthly strains the bow, or thrusts the steel. 1843Lytton Last Bar. i. vi, By the blood! this is couthly and marvellously blazoned. |