A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1531-1533
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(Andeles,) Ayndles, adj. Also: heindles. [Ande n.] Out of breath; breathless. 1375 Barb. x. 609.
Thai war ayndles [E. handles] and wery, And thair abaid thair aynd to ta 1531 Bell. Boece (M) I. 138.
Thai war heindles [v.r. out of aind] or thai mycht entir 1533 Bell. Livy I. 180/21.
Thai war ouresett and ayndles throw thare lang rynnyng afore thai ionit 1533 Boece viii. viii. 267.
Scottis . . , wery and amaist ayndles, gaif place to inemyis
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