† wokelyadv.
Obsolete.
Weakly, feebly, poorly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb] > with weakness of character or will
wokelya1000
unwrastlyc1050
unthildilyc1225
fraillya1300
weaklya1616
akratically1913
spinelessly1977
a1000 Boeth. Metr. v. 34 Ne eft to waclice geortreowe æniges godes.
c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 528 Gehwam sceamað, gif he gelaðod bið to woruldlicum gyftum, ðæt he waclice gescryd cume.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 152 Ȝef þu..werest te earst wacliche [?c1225 Cleo. waclichliche; a1250 Nero wocliche]. & ȝeuest to þe feond inȝong.
c1230 Hali Meid. (1922) 10 Þe poure, þe beoð wacliche iȝeuen and biset on vuele.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
adv.a1000