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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1450-1513, 1581
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Febilly, -illie, adv. Also: fibilly. [ME. febylly, febilly (a 1340), also febly, febliche, febleliche (c 1290).] Feebly, weakly. c1450-2 Howlat 228.
The feldifer in the forest that febilly him feidis — a1500 Henr. Fab. 198.
Ane sober wane, Of fog and fairn full febillie [A. misterlyk] wes maid 1513 Doug. v. v. 3.
Hys schyp … Of brokyn arys febilly with a raw … cummys hame 1581 Satirical Poems xliii. 147.
Bothwell … Quha slew ȝour father and fibilly fled away
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