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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1507-1570
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Dissait-, Dissat(e)fully, adv. [Variant of Desaitfully.] Deceitfully. a1400 Legends of the Saints l. 223.
Me think thu wald … Tak ws in gyrne dissatfully a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 262.
In hous of Caiphes thai Gadderit … Him be sum meyn dissaitfully to sla a1508 Ib. 296. 1533 Boece viii. viii. 265 b.
Dissatefully circumducing the samyn about ane strenthy roche 1562-3 Winȝet II. 57/4.
I wil nocht that thow othir for gold schameleslie put doun leid, or dissaitfullie brase 1570 Satirical Poems xxiv. 38.
Dissaitfully thow schot but ryme or resoun
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