† selcouthlyadv.
Obsolete.
Strangely, wonderfully.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adverb] > with a degree of strangeness
selcouthlyc1175
ferlyc1230
selcoutha1300
disguisilyc1325
ferlifula1400
ferlilya1400
sellylyc1400
miraculouslya1425
ferlifullyc1425
strangelya1450
strangefully1664
portentously1755
miraculous1781
like magic1783
phenomenally1878
out of this world1941
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > in a strange manner > and exciting wonder or surprise
selcouthlyc1175
strangelya1450
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2586 Forr nære ȝho nohht drihhtin godd. Swa sellcuþlike cweme Ȝiff [etc.].
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 7333 So waxynge folk..Ne so gendryng, ne so pleyntyue..In no londe scholde men fynde, Ne selcouþloker so to gendre.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 680 Selcouthly in seir he was set suttelly.
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