A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1400
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(Richtlik,) Rythtlyk, adv. [OE rihtlic (11th c.), earlier rehtlice, rihtlice. See also Richtly,adv. and adj.] Exactly, precisely. — c1400 Troy-bk. i 78.
Bot had he bene with ryaltee Rytht lyk as syk a kyng suld be [etc.]
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