A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420
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Increly, adv. [Var. of Encrely, Inkirly.] Earnestly, eagerly, highly. (Frequent In Leg. S., otherwise only in Wyntoun.) — a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 182.
He … luffit Criste mar increly Than the laf did, richt fastly a1400 Ib. iii. 909.
He beheld hyr increly And wes forferlyt grettumly a1400 Ib. xxiv. 201.
Than thankit he god increly c1420 Wynt. i. 489.
Quha lukys the Bybille increly Off this may fynd a fayr story c1420 Ib. iv. 130.
He … wmbethoucht hym increly With quhat tormentis men mycht be Punysyde
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