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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Consail, -sale, -sal, v. Also: -sayl, -saill, -sall. [ME. consail, -sayle, -seyle (c 1300), OF. conseiller, late L. consiliāre, L. consiliārī. Cf. Counsail v. and Consel v.]

1. tr. To counsel, advise.(a) 1375 Barb. xvii. 854 (E).
The erle Thomas wes ane of tha That consaillyt the king hame to ga Ib. xviii. 65.
Thai … consaillyt him … For till abid his men 1398 Acts I. 211/1.
That all the legys … sal … consayl, mayntene, & suppouel the said lieutenande in his office c1420 Ratis R. 925.
To consail thé a vyf to take Or ȝit to leif, that I forsak c1475 Wall. xi. 62.
[Thai] Besocht the king … to consaill gude Wallace To cum agayne, to bring thaim off bandoun(b) a1400 Leg. S. ii. 316.
His frendis consalit hym swa, that he deliuerit Patroclas c1420 Wynt. iv. 2254.
Playnly hym consalyd he All his diligence to sete [etc.] 1424 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 162.
That he suspende his process quhill the King may consale the Pape in this mater c1460 Consail Wys Man 207.
Traist nocht al men that consalis thé c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts xix. 26.
This Paule consalis and turnis away mekil pepile 1533 Gau 16/19.
Thay that consalis oders … or compellis thayme to dw sic sine(c) a1400 Leg. S. iii. 617.
I consall thé, That of thi-self thu haff pitte 1468 Peebles B. Rec. 158.
The quarter masteris to be awyssit and consallyt wyth the vj men 1491 Lennox Mun. 142.
Ve forsaidis jugis consallis and ordanys that my lord of Leuenax … sall tak schir Jhon lord Sympill in hartly kyndness and fawris a1570-86 Maitl. F. xxxiv. 20.
Ewe [= Eve] his wickit paramour … consallit him discord a1578 Pitsc. I. 294/2.
Thairfor I consall ȝow to leif sic thingis in tymes coming Ib. 386/16.
Be the advyse of his lordis, quhome the preistis persaueand consalland the king in this maner [etc.]

2. To consult. a1400 Leg. S. iii. 104.
Thu … has consawit gilt fully, And consalite the fend wikitfully