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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1789-1823
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BIENLY, BEINLY, adv. Comfortably.Lth. 1819 J. Thomson Poems 182:
They 'yont the ingle bienly crackit, An' in their shoon wad ca' a tacket.Edb. 1822 R. Wilson Poems 117:
Rob an' Marion sat fu' beinly.Kcb. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 14:
Moorland Willie and his wife Liv'd bienly near Strathboggy.Dmf. 1823 J. Kennedy Poems and Songs 131:
The board withdrawn, around the ingle clear, In a close ring, they bienly take their place.
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