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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hastily, Haistily, adv. Also: hastyly, haistylye, -ilie, -ielie, -alie, hestilie. [ME. hastyly, -ily, -ilé (a 1300), f. haisty Hasty a.] Hastily, in haste.Freq. used by Wyntoun, but otherwise rare in comparison with Hastely. c1420 Wynt. iii. 98.
To the dure in hy Scho tuk hyr rayk rycht hastyly
Ib. viii. 4705.
Schyre Thomas Broun … syne was hevyddyt hastily
1456 Hay II. 123/21.
To lay a mete hastily apon ane othir
Ib. 148/35.
To ansuere the mare murely … and nocht ansuere sa hastily
1495 Acta Conc. 393/2.
He couth nocht optene sa haistily his sesing
1549 Compl. 34/34.
Nou … ve becum haistylye venqueist
a1578 Pitsc. I. 67/30.
The bischope randerit his spreit hastielie
Ib. 190/9.
Thir two war hestilie put downe
1596 Dalr. II. 419/17.
He promises … the haistilier to haist the voyage of … his brother

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