Etymograph

English

angerly

Angerly comes from Middle English angerly.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500angerly
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1526same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500angerly
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1526same form

Earliest quotation: 1526, London: Johannes Rastell: “[A]none an other woman kneled downe to the ſame…”

Formed from anger + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- ‘narrow, tied together’

Proto-Germanic *angazaz ‘grief, sorrow’

Old Norse angr ‘affliction, sorrow’

Middle English anger ‘grief; wrath’

English anger

Today it means

adv Angrily.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle English angerly / angerly