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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1558-1566
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(Triffilling,) Trifeling, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. tryflinge (1535), triflyng (1547).] = Triffill adj. — 1558-66 Knox I 77.
Upoun what uther trifeling questionis … the war brak up, we omitt to wryte
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