A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1460, 1513
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Unluf(e)ly, Wnluflly, Onlufly, adj. [ME and e.m.E. vnlouelich(e (both Piers Plowman), onlovely (c1450), unlovely (a1598); Luf(e)ly adj.] Unattractive, ugly, unpleasant. —(a) 1460 Hay Alex. 10257.
Quha hes thik lippis … Ill maid, vnhartfull, all laith and vnlufely Ar oft tyme full of foly —(b) 1513 Doug. vi vii 33.
The woful puyl with watyr onlufly [Sm. wnluflly, Ruddim. vnlufly] Withhaldis thame so at thai may nocht go by
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