† holdelyadv.
a. Graciously, kindly.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > graciously
holdec1000
holdelyc1000
sweetly?c1225
courteouslyc1290
graciouslyc1384
favourably1388
thankfully1513
handsomely1542
officiously1604
graciousa1617
c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 368 He cwæð eac swiðe holdlice be us.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1546 He him bliscede holdelike and wel.
b. Faithfully, loyally.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [adverb]
holdec1000
holdelyc1050
trulya1250
truec1300
faithlyc1350
faithfullya1382
leallyc1394
fayfully?a1400
leala1400
lawfullyc1500
faithful1539
loyallement?1549
loyally1572
devotiously1621
devotedly1812
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 191/12 Affectuose, uel deuote, holdlice.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2016 His oþer harnays, þat holdely watȝ keped.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1875 Lays vp þe luf-lace þe lady hym raȝt, Hid hit ful holdely, þer he hit eft fonde.
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adv.c1000- to cast, put, throw etc a slur on or upon a thing
- to cast, take up, throw down the glove
- to cast, take up, throw the glove
- to cast, throw into the shade
- to cast, throw, or fling dirt
- to cat and fish
- to catch a a sight of
- to catch a a view of
- to catch a chill
- to catch a cold
- to catch a crab
- to catch a etc of
- to catch a fall
- to catch a glimpse of
- to catch a heart in the rebound
- to catch a heart on the rebound
- to catch a look
- to catch a mire-snipe
- to catch a miresnipe
- to catch a nap
- to catch a packet
- to catch a person bending
- to catch a person in the fact
- to catch a person in the rebound
- to catch a person napping