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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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(Wele mindit,) Weill myndit, -yt, -ed, p.p. and ppl. adj. Also: weel mindit, wellmyndit, will mynddit. [e.m.E. well minded (1522); Mindit p.p. and ppl. adj., q.v. for further examples.] Right minded, having the right or a favourable disposition or attitude. Also const. to do or that. Also absol.(1) 1528 Douglas Corr. 17.
Be the avis of our weill myndit counsaile 1543–4 Corr. M. Lorraine 68.
I … fand the kynngis grace as apperyt to me weill myndyt … to your awancement ?1548 Corr. M. Lorraine 239.
Syndry … beand nocht will mynddit wald be glaid [etc.] 1548 Corr. M. Lorraine 281.
Well plis your grace … lay garisonis in the Hom … And ilk man wilbe wellmyndit, ther wilbe few Inglis men in Scotland be lyf 1584 Melvill 185.
This noble man was fellon weill myndit, godlie, devot, wyse and grave 1666 Jurid. Rev. XXIV 21.
There was an honest man in that prison where I was taken, and the rest weel mindit(2) 1565 Breadalbane Lett.
My lord of Argyll quhom I fynd weill myndit to hayf ane apwntment wyth [etc.] 1566–7 Reg. Privy C. I 497.
The quenis majestie … being weill myndit that the ministerie … be interteneit alsweill to burgh and landabsol. 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. xiii.
Onlie crave the favor & approbation of the judicious & weill mynded