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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1522-1523
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Malicefully, adv. [Cf. mod. north. and midl. Eng. dial. maliceful adj.] Maliciously. — 1522–3 Selkirk B. Ct. fol. 98 b.
That … the said Wolle Turnbyll suld have said malicefully, Jhone Smyth pak ȝow in ȝour hous [etc.]
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