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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1475-1513
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Burel(l, Bural(l, a. Also: burrel(l, buriall. [ME. burel, borel (14th c.), perh. an attrib. use of burel coarse clothing. In Sc. only after Eng. poetic use.] Rough, rude; unlearned. c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace xi. 1461.
It is weill knawin I am a burel man 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. ii. 223.
Breif buriall quair, of eloquence all quite 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 48.
Weill may I schaw my burall [Sm. burell] bustuus thocht 1513 Ib. vii. xi. 56.
This Aventinus … Bair in his handis lans stafis and burrel speris 1513 Ib. 908/2.
I haue not interpryt ne translate Everybural [Sm. burell] ruyd poet dywlgait
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