† serelepesadv.adj.
Obsolete.
a. Separately.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adverb] > individually (not collectively)
sunderlyeOE
sundryOE
sundrilyOE
sunderlepesOE
serelepesc1175
serelya1375
severinglya1390
sunderlingc1390
properlya1393
serea1400
severally1399
departinglya1425
diviselyc1449
severately1470
sunderwisea1550
separately1552
disjunctively1590
semovedly1593
distributively1597
particular1599
dividedly1607
dividually1631
separatively1789
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 513 & iwhillc an serlepess off. Þa fowwre. & twenntiȝ hirdess Wass nemmnedd affterr an mann off. Þa fowwre & twenntiȝ prestess.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvii. 164 That thre þinges bilongeth in owre lorde of heuene, And aren serelepes by hem-self asondry were neure.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 501 For-þi þis ȝol ouer-ȝede, & þe ȝere after, & vche sesoun serlepes sued after oþer.
b. as adj. Separate, distinct; sundry, various.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective]
sunderlyeOE
manifoldeOE
selcoutha1000
felefoldc1000
mislichOE
alkinOE
manykinOE
fele-kync1175
serekina1300
sundera1325
sundrya1325
serea1340
divers1340
varyingc1340
variantc1380
muchfoldc1384
serelepesa1400
serelepya1400
multifaryc1460
sundryfoldc1460
multiplicate?a1475
variable?a1475
sundrilyc1480
diversea1542
particoloured1591
multifarious1593
Protean1594
daedal1596
choiceful1605
Daedalian1605
multiplex1606
variated1608
diversified1611
multiplicious1617
variousa1634
multivarious1636
mosaic1644
multiple1647
omnigenous1650
chequered1656
plurifarious1656
ununiform1660
variate1677
disuniform1687
Proteusian1689
unsteady1690
unequable1693
inequable1721
variegating1727
varied1733
multitudinous1744
multifold1806
polygeneous1818
unequalized1822
ruleless1836
varicoloured185.
non-uniform1856
omnigener1857
polytypic1858
multiferous1860
variatious1871
variegated1872
polytypical1890
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > individual or distinct
sunderlyeOE
sundryOE
serec1175
proper1340
serelepesa1400
sundrylepesc1400
sunderlepesa1450
peculiar1509
several1533
unconfounded1577
well-distinguished1594
articulate1603
unconfused1609
inconfused1626
separate1691
demarcated1862
a1400–50 Wars Alex. 4893 Seuenty wyndows beside of serelepis werkes.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 994 Vch tabelment was a serlypez ston.
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