† suteladj.
Obsolete.
Clear, manifest, evident.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [adjective]
sutelc897
openeOE
plaina1398
sada1400
familiar1509
facile1531
lightsome1532
well-determined1560
pervial1595
uncurious1601
articulate1603
distinct1609
unmisinterpretablea1631
dilucida1640
limpid1649
dilucidate1651
unmysterious1663
incurious1664
elucidatea1670
accessible1681
distinguished1700
dilucidated1759
unmistakable1822
black and white1838
clear-cut1843
square on1963
society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adjective]
sutelc897
openeOE
ebera975
graithc1325
broadc1374
plainc1375
clearc1380
grossc1380
manifest1385
notoire1409
patent1508
sensible?1531
discovered1537
plain as a pikestaff (also packstaff, pad-staff)1542
palpable1545
demonstrative1552
plain as the nose on (in) one's face1560
illustrate1562
appearing1566
notorious1581
obvious1583
unshadowed1593
transparent1597
liquid1610
visible1614
pellucid1644
illustrious1654
apertive1661
conspectable1727
suggestive1806
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (1871) (Hatton MS.) xiv. 83 Ðonne bið hit swutul [Cott. sweotol] þæt he bið suiðe gerisenlice besuapen [etc.].
971 Blickl. Hom. 203 Þa fotlastas wæron swutole and gesyne on þæm stane.
OE Beowulf 90 Þær wæs hearpan sweg, swutol sang scopes.
a1100 Aldhelm Glosses 4538 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 117 Satis euidens, genoh sutel.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18862 Aȝȝ wass i þiss middell ærd. Full sutell & full sene.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1033 In euch þing of þe world beoð sutel..þe weolen of godes wisdom.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 761 Ne cume ȝe neauer wið-vten scipes bord ær ich ou sende sutel [c1300 Otho sotel]. word.
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 29 Sone is sotel..þis sake, alþah hit seme suete.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [adverb]
sutelichec900
openlyOE
redelya1250
redlyc1275
in (also on) opena1382
distinctly1382
plainlya1393
lightsomely?1510
markly1533
natively1542
pervially?1611
dilucidly1638
unmistakably1665
realizingly1786
unambiguously1790
starkly1928
accessibly2003
society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adverb]
couthlyc900
sutelichec900
openlyOE
witterlyc1175
kithlya1300
witnessfullyc1374
evidentlya1382
plainlya1382
graithc1394
eberlya1400
express14..
manifest1431
patently1441
manifestlyc1475
evident?1520
grossly1526
apparently1533
clear1550
apparent1565
clearly1569
notoriously1589
plain1590
perspicuously1592
perspectively1598
transparently1617
liquidlya1631
visibly1631
obviously1638
fairly1655
perspiculously1661
remarkably1666
squarely1860
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. viii. 174 Monige þara broðra..sægdon þæt heo swutolice [v.rr. swutollice, sweotolice] engla song gehyrdon.
c1000 Ælfric Genesis xv. 13 Him wæs þa gesæd swutelice þurh god, Wite þu [etc.].
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 41 We eow wulleð suteliche seggen of þa fredome þe limpeð to þan deie þe is iclepeð su sunedei.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 145 Þe holi gost, þe him dide suterliche [sic] to understonden þat ure drihten wolde man bicumen.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 89 Þe reisun hwi is sone her efter suteliche [Scribe D opinlike] ischawed.
c1230 Hali Meid. 23 Feole priuileges scheaweð ful sutelliche hwucche beon þe meidenes.
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