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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1602-1610
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(Southerly,) Sowtherllei, Sutherlie, adj. [e.m.E. southerly (1551).] Of the wind: Southerly, blowing from the south. — 1602 Dundee Shipping P. 78.
Bot shir gif ye sei the wind remayne sowtherllei 1610 Criminal Trials III 101.
Ȝe … louset out of that raid, and come with ane sutherlie wynd to the Lewis
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