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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1518, 1683
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Bedrall, n.2 [Variant of Bedler (perh. by confusion with Bedrall,a and n.1), surviving in later dialect as bedral, or beth(e)ral.] A church-officer; a beadle. 1518 (c 1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I. 177.
That the seruandis of the gild and the haly bluid bedrall euer ilk day keip the queir of the said kirk fra all vile personis 1683 Lanark Rec. 219.
That the minister by his bedrall give up a list of the names
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