saufly
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]saufly
- Alternative form of savely
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 878-881:
- Wommen may go saufly up and doun,
In every bush, or under every tree;
Ther is noon other incubus but he,
And he ne wol doon hem but dishonour.- Women may go safely up and down,
In every bush or under every tree;
There is no other evil spirit but he,
And he will not do them any harm except dishonor.
- Women may go safely up and down,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4396-4399:
- God woot that worldly Ioye is sone ago;
And if a rethor coude faire endyte,
He in a cronique saufly mighte it wryte,
As for a sovereyn notabilitee.- God knows that worldly joy is soon gone;
And if a rhetorician could fairly compose,
He in a chronicle confidently could write it,
As a supremely important fact.
- God knows that worldly joy is soon gone;
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 878-881: