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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Ile, Yle, n.² Also: iile, iill, iyle, iyll, yill, yell; ayle; isle; ill(e, yll(e. [ME. and e.m.E. ile, yle (1428), from ME. eill, ele (c 1370), OF. ele, eele.] A wing or lateral division of a church; an aisle. Also attrib.(a) c1420 Wynt. ix. 565.
Off the Corskyrk the ilys twa, Wyth lede the south yle thekyd alsua, The north ile, and the qwere 1454–5 Edinb. Chart. 79.
That we sal big ane ile furth fra Our Lady ile 1475 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 30.
The said ile and chapell of Sanct Jhone 1554–5 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 40.
In the Consistorie ile 1556 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 251.
That the dene of gild reperrell Our Lady alter and mak ane ile thairof 1577 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. 379.
The northt ile of thair paroche kirk is ruinows 1633 M. Works Acc. XXV. 47.
In theiking of the west end of the body of the kirk and north ile 1657 Balfour Ann. IV. 352.
He … was interrid … in the ile of Dalkeith churcheattrib. 1627 Elgin Rec. II. 198.
William Gadderer to wait better on the ile dore on preiching … dayis 1702 Foulis Acc. Bk. 306.
The lock of the ile door(b) 1387 Edinb. Chart. 35.
The chapel and the ylys qwhare the auterys sal stand 1574 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 21.
To flure the Haly blude yle with burdes 1604 Misc. Maitl. C. I. 404.
Anent the erecting of images in the yle of his paroche kirk 1636 Elgin Rec. I. 254.
Convenit in counsell in the south yle of St. Gelis kirk 1645 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 56.
He … causit burie thame vnder the said stane … in that yle(c) 1445 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. 326.
Ane altar to be mad in the north yill of Our Lady 1497 Douglas Chart. 165.
To byg ane altar … in Sanct Ninianis Iill. betuixt Sanct Ninianis altar and the north gawyll of the said iill 1507 Dunferm. B. Rec. 160.
The tutour of Our Lady iile 1559 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 320.
Our Lady chalice of the sowth yill 1573 St. A. Kirk S. 384.
In the communioun iile wythtin the parroch kirk a 1600 Misc. Spald. C. II. 43.
The … thikin of the rwife of the northt yell of our parrise kyrk, callit the Hailleblwid yill 1629 Falkirk Par. Rec. I. 73.
For making of the sunne dyall and setting up upone the iyll 1657 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 367.
Anent the building of the iyle at the Laigh Kirk(d) 1629 Maxwell Mem. II. 202.
He … is laid in the Maxwellis ayle(e) 1609 S. Leith Rec. 7.
Desyring the sessioune to pay for the repairing of their isle a1670 Scot Staggering State (1754) 63.
Buried in … a vaulted isle supported with pillars(f) 1477 Peebles B. Rec. I. 182.
To the alter of the said ille 1490 Dunferm. B. Rec. I. 23.
Our lady ill 1514 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. II. 350.
Sant Sebastianis Ill 1547 Misc. Bann. C. III. 287.
In my ylle of Preston Kyrke 1608 Kinghorn Kirk S. 12.
The south yll