a. and adv. Obs. [f. LAW sb.1: see -LY1 and 2.] A. adj. Lawful. B. adv. In a lawful manner; lawfully.

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c. 1200.  Ormin, 1965. Laȝheliȝ weddedd wiþþ aniȝ macche.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 13. Gef he ben laȝeliche bispusede, þat is unriht.

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c. 1220.  Bestiary, 695. In boke is ðe turtres lif writen o rime, wu laȝelike ȝe holdeð luue al hire lif time.

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a. 1250.  Prov. Alfred, 72, in O. E. Misc., 106. Hw he schule his lond laweliche holde. Ibid., 77. Þe eorl and þe eþelyng ibureþ vnder godne king, þat lond to leden myd lawelyche deden.

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