A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1400, 1500-1512
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Pitwisly, -wysly, adv. Also: pyt- and -uisly, -uysly, -wouslie. [ME. piteuously (Wyclif). Cf. Pitously, Petuo(u)sly.] Pitiably. = Petu(o)sly adv. — 1375 Barb. v. 97.
Thai … Full pitwisly couth rair and cry 1375 Ib. iii. 549.
Pitwysly a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 718.
A womane with barne traweland Ful pituysly and sar granand a1400 Ib. xvi. 320.
Pytuisly c1500-c1512 Dunb. iv. 49 (M).
Pitwouslie
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