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▪ I. † awly, a. Obs. Only in the early forms: 3 eilich, 4 aghlich. [f. awe n.1: see -ly1; the earlier eilich:—OE. *ęᵹelíc, cogn. w. OHG. egilîh, MHG. egelîch. Cf. OE. ęᵹeslíc, EE. eislich.] Awful, dreadful, terrible.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 5 Þat oðer tocume of ure louerd..ô domes dai . is swiðe eiliche. c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 136 An aghlich mayster. ▪ II. † awly, adv. Obs. Only in the early forms: 3 aȝeliche, 4 aȝly. [f. prec.: see -ly2.] Awfully, terribly, dreadfully.
c1230Ancr. R. 56 Nu cumeð forð a feble mon and halt him þauh heiliche [v.r. aȝeliche]. c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 937 Þe aungelez..aȝly hem þratten. Ibid. 874. |