silly

hupsu, tyhmeliini

sekava, pyörryksissä puhekieltä blessed Blessed, particularly:
good Good; pious.
(ante) Seven Sages, line 1361:

The sylyman lay and herde,And his hys wife wyf answered answerd.

... three thrie Saturdays Saturdayes before befor Lammas Lambas and three thrie after efter called the six silie Saturdays Saturdayes.

The fire raging upon the silly carcass Carcase.

Silly... in the same sense as English E. poor is often used, denoting a state which excites compassion.

There is no beast best in the þe world word, I ween wene...That suffers suffuris halfe so much myche teneAs doth the þe sylly watMiddle English|wat.

In the silly lamb lamb's|is skin He creeped crap as als far as he might micht win.

wherefore Wherfore Christe must soo much moche the more instantly instantelye be sought upon vpon, that he may vouchsafe to defende us vs sylly wretches.

There remained fresh Examples of their Barbarism against weak Sea-men, and silly Fisher-men.

a Ane sillie shell scheill under vnder ane earthfast erdfast stone stane

...A pedigree pettigreeOf threescore and two years yeares a sillie time,To make prescription for a kingdom's|es worth.

It is naturally very poor, ‘silly’ land.

Here we see that a small smal sillie Bird knows knoweth how to match with so great a Beast.

Christ leaves leaueth neither Children nor kinsfolke behind him to uphold vphold his sillie kingdome.

That'll never grow. It's over ower silly.

To doe the thing we canTo please...This silly sickly man.

Is there any ony thing you would particularly fancy, as your health seems but silly?

David Dauid had no more but a sylie sling slynge, and a few stones.

The silly herdman all astonished astonnied stands standes.

So lovers luvaris lair no leid should suld lack lak,A lord to love lufe a silly lass.

From Hell (of which the silly people of the Country think the top of this hill to be the mouth).

we Wee sillie souls soules, take the matter too too heavily heauily.

‘Heaven help this silly fellow,’ murmured the perplexed locksmith.

Steve, don't be silly. I mean social intercourse.

Framed? Framed? Oh, grow up, Mattie. The truth is that everyone is sillier than you could possibly imagine they'd be. What a dickhead.

Fow yellow ȝellow yellow ȝellow was wes her hir head heid but bot scho of lufe was wes sillie.

Davie's not no just like other folk... but he's not no so sae silly as folk take tak him for.

You say you were knocked silly—was that so?

Drinking myself silly...

Well, Judy, now that you've scared me silly, what's so important?

I can kick this stuff any time I like. I tell you what. Get this week over, we'll go to a health farm for ten days. No drugs. No drink. And shag ourselves silly. How about that?

This is the silliest stuffe, that ever euer I heard.

Well sir, I have a silly walk and I'd like to obtain a Government grant to help me develop it.

He cannot achieve celebrity by covering himself with diamonds... or by giving a silly price for a hack.

Carpenter now placed himself at silly-point for Grundy, who was playing very forward.

If you did but see how silly a Man fumbles for an Excuse, when he's a little ashamed|asham'd of being in Love.

Repent you Leachers your dissolute lives,Your causeless causeles divorcing divorsing your true wedded wives,Your crafty alluring the silly to sinne.

The mindless and the silly are always open to being conned into believing that some new bit of technological wizardry is beneficial.

While they, poor sillies, bid good night,O' love and|an' bogles eerie.

‘Come on, silly,’ said Nannie.