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First published 2005 (SND, online supplement).
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AEFAULDLIE, adv. [O.Sc. afaldly, afauldly, sincerely, honestly, faithfully] Sincerely; used in letter endings: 'Yours sincerely'.Sc. 1999 Sunday Times 17 Jan :
If members [MSPs] wanted to take the oath in Scots, they would promise that they "div hertilie, aefauldlie an truly depone an haud at A will be faithfu an haud leal" to the Queen.Sc. 2003 Sunday Times 3 Aug :
It led him in later life to study the Scots language as a hobby, and these days he signs off his e-mails with "aefauldlie", the 15th-century Scots word for "sincerely".
