A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1456
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(Arghly,) Archly, adv. (arche-, archt-). [Northern ME. arghly, OE. Earhlíce.] Timidly; barely, scarcely. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxiii. 285.
Ful archtly thane … he speryt … quhat was the name of that cite 1456 Hay I. 25/14.
The kirk … was all in divisioun … sa that archly the twa partis stude evyn in the faith 1456 Ib. 50/21.
All the Romaynis was outher dede or tane, that archely mycht the consul … wyn away with his lyf
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