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Stabil(l)y, -ilie, Staiblé, adv. [ME and e.m.E. stabeliche (1297), stabilly (1338), stably (Wyclif), stabely (c1400); Stabil(l adj.] Firmly, constantly, steadfastly, resolutely. — 1375 Barb. xix 201.
The trewis on his half gert he stand Apon the marchis stabilly And gert men kep them lelely 1375 Barb. xiii 635 (C) (see Stabil(l adj. 3). 1473–4 Edinb. B. Rec. I 28.
The quhilk bill and ordinance beand red afoir ws, and thairwith beand staible aduysit, findand na skaith nor hurt thairin, we have approveit [etc.] c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts ii 42.
In that day saulis war incressit, about thre thousand, and war lasting stabilie in the teching of the apostilis
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