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▪ I. † ˈwarly, a. and adv. Obs.
Forms: 5 werly, Sc. werely, 5–7 war(re)ly, 6 warely, warlye, Sc. werelie, weirlie, -ly, weyrly, 6–7 warlie.
[f. war n.1 + -ly1 and -ly2.]
A. adj.
1. Skilled in war, martial; fond of war, bellicose; valiant. = warlike a. 1.
1423Jas. I. Kingis Q. clv, The werely porpapyne. c1475Partenay 1362 The petyuins tham bare As warly men fre;..Assautes tha[y] gafe dyuers And sondry. a1513Fabyan Chron. vii. (1533) 77 b/1 Y⊇ arche bisshop of yorke..with great nombre of men and fewe warly or discrete cheuetaynes, yode agayne y⊇ Scottes. 1513More Rich. III Wks. (1557) 37/1 Richard the thirde sonne..was..hard fauoured of visage, and suche as is in states called warlye [L. quale bellicosum in purpuratis, ac Martium appellari], in other menne otherwise. 1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. 585 If a yoong prince..be warlie, he will hazard his subjects, his estate, and his person, to make triall of his valure. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 86 Thay war a people baith ciuile and weirlie. 1605Verstegan Dec. Intell. v. (1628) 122 The lacke of Warrely courage in the Britaines.
b. Of actions, things: Martial. = warlike a. 1 b, c.
1536Bellenden Cron. Scot., Proheme Cosmogr. 262 Of feirs Achill, the weirlie dedis sprang In Troy and Grece, quhill he in vertew rang. 1599A. Hume Hymns vii. 57 Poems (S.T.S.) 54 Mak shouting shalms and persing phiphers shill,..Cause mightily the weirly notis breik.
2. Equipped or munitioned for war. Of a horse: Equipped and trained for war. = warlike a. 2.
c1470Golagros & Gaw. 493 Yone is the warliest wane, said the wise king, That euer I vist in my walk. a1513Fabyan Chron. vii. (1533) 123/2 The sayde sowdiours came vnto a castell..& wan it by strength, & after vytayled & manned it in moste warly wyse. 1591Harington Orl. Fur. xxxiii. lxxxv, This said, he mounted on the steed so warly. 1593G. Harvey Pierces Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 104 Could the Warlie Horse speake, as he can runne and fight, he would tell them, they are hoat Knightes.
3. Of or pertaining to war. = war-like a. 3.
1457in R. R. Sharpe Lond. & Kingd. (1895) III. 382 Ships..in their most defensible and warrely araye. c1507C. Brandon [etc.] Justes May & June, Justes June 233 in Hazl. E.P.P. II. 129 This weerly vsage and martes entrepryse These monthes twayne yonge folke dyd exercyse. 1533Bellenden Livy i. i. (S.T.S.) I. 13 King latyne of laurence assemblit þe auld Inhabitantis of his realme..in þare maist werelie ordinance. Ibid. i. iv. I. 32. 1544 Betham Precepts War i. cix. F v, They being practysed in warly knowledge can discerne what is profytable. 1548Hall Chron., Hen. V, 45 b, Kyng Henry..determined..to set forward in performyng his intended purpose and warrely enterprise. 1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) II. 1000/2 The Bernates..renounced the league made before with the French king, refusing..his warly stipend, whereby they were bound at his call to fede hys warres. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. iv. (1677) 161 The Manufacture, during those Warly times, held its course in France, the Netherlands, and the Hans Towns.
4. Belonging to a warrior. = warlike a. 4.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) I. 277 The king of Pechtis, in his weirlie weid, With his power come and met corbreid. 1567Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 107 His wingis ar thy weirlie weid [v.r. weerely weed], His pennis ar thy strang defence. 1609Bible (Douay) 1 Macc. iii. 3 And he..girded about him his warlie armour in battels.
B. adv. In a warlike manner.
c1400Rowland & O. 813 Kyng askuardyn in his gere Rydis owte a course of were, Full werly and with ill will. c1475Partenay 1741 Then thes brethren, ech by thaim⁓self, tho, So ful werrely wrought, can noght be said, lo! 1592W. Wyrley Armorie, Capitall de Buz xxiv, And goodly armd beside Him stands the Duke of Orleance warly dight.
▪ II. warly, -lyche
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