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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1599
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Consele, Conseil(l, v. Also: -seile, -seele, -sell, -sale. [ME, consele, occas. variant of concele Concele v.] tr. To conceal, hide.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints xvi. 580.
He, that na thinge fra hym wald Consele, the taile al has hym tald 14.. Acts I. 342/1.
All thai that conselis the kingis wathe, other hors, nowt or schepe 1445 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 311.
Nouthir to consent to na conseele the vndoing of thair personis c1460 Thewis Wysmen 21.
For quha conselys wysdome or wyt … He synnys mar excedandly 1508 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 113.
That na fremen … consele nor colour vnder the colour of his awin ony vnfremenis guidis 1552 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 173.
Quhair thay … makis nocht opinlie knawin to thair baillie bot conselis the samyn(b) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxv. 64.
Fra quham ma na priwete Thru slicht na mycht conseilite be 1482 Reg. Morton II. 246.
I sall … conseill the consell he schawis to me c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x. 1112.
Quhat euir yhe say to me, As for my part sall weill conseillyt be c1475 Ib. xi. 973.
Besekand him this mater to conseill a1500 Bk. Chess 1751.
To thair gestes suld thir folk be leile Thar gudis kepe & thair secret conseile 15.. Clariodus v. 1380.
Ȝe have this thing conseillit weill fra me 1556 Stirling B. Rec. I. 69.
It is statut … that all the personis … heill and conseill the articulis … specifyt in the counsall 1574 Bk. Carlaverock II. 482.
To … conseill the consall they schaw to ws
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