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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1544-1606
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Afordale, Afordell, adv. Also: affordell. [f. a = in, on, and Fordele n.] a. In readiness. b. Extant, ‘to the fore’. c. In the front. 1544 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 194.
That all the fre mone [= money] the towne hes afordele … be tane oup incontinent 1565 Calderwood II. 574.
So long as men of vertue … sall stand a fordell, to controll their abusings c1567-c1606 MS. Hist. Arbuthnot Fam. (Jam. (1825) s.v. Affordell).
Of his brether sum ar dead, utheris yit affordell [L. supersunt]. … Of quhais posterity aither nane affordell [L. id.], or ar unknawin. … Of quhais posteritie sum yit ar affordell [L. id.]
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